Staff Software Engineer – AI Workflow, Agentic Platforms

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Contract Staff Software Engineer specializing in AI Workflow & Agentic Platforms for a tech company. Building API gateways and middleware for AI agents while mentoring engineers.

Posted 6/9/2026contractGlendale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $100 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerJavaJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build API gateways, wrappers, and middleware for AI agents.
Create secure access patterns for tools, metadata, and content systems.
Build agentic workflows for mastering, localization, and delivery.
Implement tracing, audit logging, governance, approvals, and fallback paths.
Convert AI prototypes into production microservices.
Build event-driven services and reliable APIs.
Lead design reviews and mentor engineers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years backend or systems engineering
Java, Python, or Node.js
AI-powered or workflow-centric platform experience
LangGraph, LangChain, or similar agentic framework
MCP or AI middleware experience
AWS cloud experience
Docker and Kubernetes
Terraform, CDK, or similar IaC
Kafka, EventBridge, SNS/SQS
API design, observability, testing, and CI/CD
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaPythonNode.jsAPI designobservabilitytestingCI/CDevent-driven servicesmicroservicesinfrastructure as code

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringdesign reviews