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Staff Engineer - Machine Learning

at Freshworks

San Mateo, CA, United States, hybrid, senior, full time, USD 2,11,000–2,61,000 / year, 6+ years

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  • Airflow
  • Java
  • OAuth2
  • PostgreSQL
  • LangChain
  • Kafka
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Pinecone
  • LangSmith
  • SSO
  • LangGraph
  • Terraform
  • Temporal
  • RBAC
  • FAISS
  • AWS
  • Weaviate
  • Python
  • Kubernetes

About the role

We are seeking a Machine Learning Staff Engineer to lead the development of core backend services powering our Agentic AI Platform. In this role, you will be the primary technical driver for building reasoning-driven agents, multi-agent orchestration, and outcome-based workflows.

You will collaborate with the Principal AI Architect to bridge the gap between high-level design and scalable implementation. You will own the development of high-performance APIs and orchestration runtimes, integrating frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, and LangSmith. This role is highly hands-on and requires a technical leader who can navigate a fast-paced environment while maintaining high engineering standards.

What you would do

Platform Backend Development

* Lead Implementation: Act as the lead engineer for agent runtime orchestration services, focusing on reasoning, planning, and tool invocation * API & SDK Design: Own the development of robust APIs and SDKs that enable internal and external teams to build and deploy agent workflows * State & Memory Management: Build and optimize stateful dialog management and memory services for multi-turn, context-aware agents * Agent Communication: Implement multi-agent communication (A2A) protocols and shared context systems

System Architecture & Execution

* Microservices Leadership: Execute the transition to cloud-native, event-driven backend services using microservices or service mesh architectures * Workflow Design: Build and manage task scheduling and long-running operations using tools like Temporal or Airflow * Performance Optimization: Optimize LLM orchestration for performance and cost through caching, batching, and token monitoring

Integrations & Data Services

* Data Pipeline Ownership: Implement and maintain RAG pipelines and integrations with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS) * Telemetry Integration: Ensure all backend services support LangSmith-based evaluation and comprehensive observability

Security & Reliability

* Tenant Isolation: Implement RBAC, API authentication, and multi-tenant isolation logic * Engineering Excellence: Set the standard for automated testing (unit, integration, load) and implement OpenTelemetry for full system visibility * Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and code reviews for more junior backend engineers on the team

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What they are looking for

* 6+ years of backend engineering experience * 1-2+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML platform development * Expert Proficiency: Strong programming skills in Java and Python * Framework Expertise: Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, or LangSmith * Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of event-driven architectures, microservices, and Kubernetes * Cloud & Data: Solid experience with AWS, Terraform, and a mix of relational (PostgreSQL) and Vector databases * Orchestration: Practical experience with workflow engines like Temporal or Airflow and messaging systems like Kafka

* Experience with AI-driven planning systems or dialog state tracking * Background in enterprise security (RBAC, SSO, OAuth2) * Experience working in a high-growth SaaS or startup environment * Active contributions to open-source backend or AI frameworks