# Senior Software Engineer, Agents at Lightning AI

- Company: Lightning AI
- What the company does: From the PyTorch Lightning creators. Own your AI, don. Backed by Index.
- Company website: https://lightning.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lightningai/jobs/7837259003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lightning-ai-senior-software-engineer-agents/

## About the role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help design and build the backend systems that power Lightning AI's agent platform. You'll work on orchestration frameworks, tool execution, workflow management, memory and state handling, and developer-facing APIs that enable customers to build sophisticated AI applications with confidence.

## What they're looking for

- Extensive experience building scalable backend systems using Go, Python, Rust, or similar languages
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, APIs, and cloud-native application architecture
- Experience designing and operating production services at scale
- Hands-on experience building backend platforms, developer tools, or infrastructure products
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
- Proven ability to take ownership of large technical initiatives from architecture through production

Tags: Product Engineering