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About the role

  • Staff AI Engineer leading Compass, Basis’s LLM-powered agent platform for digital media operations. Architecting agent systems, MCP/A2A integrations, evaluation, and AI-assisted engineering practices.

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical direction for Compass and its LLM-powered features
  • Architect multi-agent systems and own major design decisions
  • Lead the design and evolution of MCP servers, A2A integrations, and APIs connecting agents to the Basis media buying toolkit
  • Own agent orchestration, evaluation, and observability
  • Define agent quality measurements and ensure reliable production reasoning, planning, and execution
  • Own software end to end, including production support for Compass
  • Serve as the primary technical contact for Product, QA, Design, Operations, Engineering teams, and stakeholders
  • Represent the team in cross-team planning, architecture discussions, and RFCs
  • Drive large-scale technical projects across multiple teams and systems from ideation through production
  • Own team deliverables, decisions, quality, processes, and technical direction
  • Translate business goals into realistic technical plans and identify risks and blockers
  • Own the technical quality bar through design and code reviews
  • Onboard and mentor engineers
  • Lead adoption of AI-assisted and agentic development across Basis Engineering
  • Establish best practices and build examples and infrastructure for other teams
  • Foster a positive team culture and promote Basis in the community
  • Build orchestration, tooling, and evaluation infrastructure for reliable LLM-powered agents in the ad tech domain
  • Develop patterns and best practices for agentic and AI-assisted development across Engineering

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including recent experience shipping production LLM-powered applications or agent systems
  • Track record of technical leadership, including owning the technical direction of a team or major system and influencing architecture beyond the immediate area of ownership
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python
  • History of architecting production APIs and backend services and integrating with protocols such as MCP and A2A
  • Deep experience building and operating production-grade agentic systems with frameworks such as Strands, LangChain, or the Claude Agent SDK
  • Experience with asynchronous and event-driven patterns, prompt engineering, structured outputs, and techniques for improving agent reliability
  • Experience with evaluation and observability tools such as Langfuse or LangSmith, including designing evaluation strategies from the ground up
  • Fluency with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and explain complex agentic systems clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Thoughtful approach to collaboration, design, and decision-making that prioritizes equity, access, and continuous learning
  • Commitment to creating inclusive, respectful environments
  • Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is listed as a bonus, not a requirement

Benefits

  • Flexible work week
  • 401k/RRSP matching
  • Mental health support
  • Paid sabbaticals
  • Generous parental leave
  • Flexible work options
  • Competitive benefits
  • Remote, hybrid, or on-site work options across the U.S. and Canada
  • Optional cover letter
  • Identity, education, and employment history verification for hires

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$136,908 - $185,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

Python

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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