Senior Software Engineer – AI Systems
Employment Type: Full-time
Company: Permute (www.permute.ai)
Permute is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI systems in a fast-moving startup environment. This role is for builders who move quickly, think clearly in ambiguous situations, and take ownership of turning ideas into working systems.
We care as much about how you think and build as we do about your background. The ideal candidate is someone who can reason through new problems, prototype rapidly, and ship reliable systems in a fast-moving startup environment.
ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement production AI systems and agent architectures end-to-end
Build and maintain LLM-powered agents and tool-integration pipelines
Develop infrastructure for model evaluation, benchmarking, and monitoring
Collaborate with product, research, and engineering teams to deliver AI features
Prototype and productionize new approaches in reinforcement learning and agent orchestration
Optimize system reliability, performance, and scalability in deployed environments
Operate effectively in ambiguous, rapidly evolving startup environments
Strong background in software engineering and system design
Solid foundation in algorithms, statistics, and optimization
Experience building AI agents, LLM systems, or ML-driven products
5+ years building in/around AWS infrastructure
Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical field
Experience with:
Production Applications end-to-end
Agent orchestration frameworks
Model evaluation frameworks and benchmarking
Safety, monitoring, and reliability for deployed ML systems
Skills Required
- Strong background in software engineering and system design
- Solid foundation in algorithms, statistics, and optimization
- Experience building AI agents, LLM systems, or ML-driven products
- 5+ years building in/around AWS infrastructure
- Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, or related technical field
- Experience with production applications end-to-end
- Experience with agent orchestration frameworks
- Experience with model evaluation frameworks and benchmarking
- Experience with safety, monitoring, and reliability for deployed ML systems
What We Do
Permute is an agentic business-intelligence platform that connects, cleans, and reconciles ERP, CRM, finance, spreadsheet, and operating data. It converts fragmented business systems into trusted reporting, dashboards, alerts, and plain-language analysis, helping operators obtain a unified operating view without building a large data team. The company combines data infrastructure, autonomous AI agents, and strategy-consulting capabilities for organizations including financial services and private equity.
