Software Engineer (Junior)

Position: Software Engineer (Junior)

Start Date: ASAP

Hours: 40 hours/week, M-F 8-5 PT

Terms/Duration: 3-6 month CTH

Worksite Location: Hybrid, in-office Tuesday - Thursday

Worksite Location: 6430 Oak Canyon, Suite 100, Irvine, California

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy web applications, AI-driven services and agentic pipelines (tool-use loops, multi-step agents, orchestration)
• Build and maintain integrations with Anthropic API/SDK (Claude models, tool use, prompt caching, streaming)
• Write, iterate, and evaluate prompts for reliability, safety, and cost efficiency
• Develop RESTful APIs (Python) and React/TypeScript front ends around AI features
• Own DevOps for AI services: CI/CD, containerization (Docker), cloud deploy (AWS/Azure), monitoring/observability for agent runs
• Write optimized SQL against relational DBs
• Design automated test frameworks for both deterministic code and non-deterministic AI outputs (eval harnesses, regression suites)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams and translate business needs into AI-backed technical solutions
• Maintain technical docs (architecture, prompt design decisions, agent behavior/limits)

Most important top skills/experience:

• Minimum 2 years of professional software engineering experience
• Minimum 2 years of Python experience with Flask or Django
• Hands-on experience with the Anthropic SDK/API and Claude Console - this is a core requirement, so please screen specifically for Claude/Anthropic experience rather than general LLM or ChatGPT familiarity
• Strong RESTful API development experience
• Proficiency with SQL and relational databases
• Demonstrated experience building and debugging agentic workflows (tool-use loops, multi-step agents)