Role overview
**Job Summary**
As we build to the next level, we’re looking for a top-quality AI engineer with a strong focus on AI agents - someone who knows how to leverage LLMs, both open-source and closed, in combination with complex tool-calling hierarchies and operational patterns.
This is an opportunity to build scalable, secure, and high-impact AI technologies for the future of enterprise. If you thrive in high-growth, fast-moving environments and are passionate about AI, ML, and AI agents, we want to hear from you.
**Key Responsibilities**
* AI Agent Building (60%)
* Develop complex multi-step agentic pipelines around open- and closed-source LLMs.
* Build tools enabling AIs to interact with critical enterprise software platforms.
* Ensure AI designs align with business objectives and industry best practices.
* ML development and fine-tuning (30%)
* Create data generation and processing pipelines to train and fine-tune custom ML models.
* Implement and manage training and evaluation pipelines for LLMs.
* Deployment and AI Systems Infrastructure (10%)
* Manage AI infrastructure across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
* Deploy inference endpoints and serve AI and LLM technologies as part of our core product infrastructure.
**Required Qualifications**
* Earned a Bachelor’s degree, Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
* 3+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or related roles.
* Proven expertise in AI model building and agent development.
* Strong background in ML and LLM-driven systems development.
* Experience with compound AI systems, vector databases, and tool-calling AIs.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
**Preferred Qualifications**
* Experience building & deploying production-grade, large-scale AI applications.
* Familiarity with AI deployment, evaluation, and monitoring practices.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
**Join the Future of AI at Tessera Labs**
We're looking for someone who enjoys building reliable, scalable systems that help teams move faster. If you take pride in cutting-edge AI, value clear ownership, and want to have a meaningful impact in a fast-moving environment, you’ll fit right in.
Compensation Range: $200K - $230K