Software Engineer, Agents

Reposted 7 Days Ago
New York City, NY
In-Office
185K-315K Annually
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • Software
The Role
Design and build AI agents to improve customer interactions, manage system failures, and integrate new models for large enterprise customers.
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About Decagon

Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences.

Our technology enables industry-defining enterprises like Avis Budget Group, Block’s Cash App and Square, Chime, Oura Health, and Hunter Douglas to deploy AI agents that power personalized, deeply satisfying interactions across voice, chat, email, SMS, and every other channel.

We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions, richer conversations, and deeper relationships. We’re proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including a16z, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, and Index Ventures, along with many others.

We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values — Just Get It Done, Invent What Customers Want, Winner’s Mindset, and The Polymath Principle — shape how we work and grow as a team.

About the Team

The Agent Engineering team at Decagon deploys mission-critical AI agents to our customers that impact millions of users and directly drive Decagon’s growth. You will build on our industry-leading AI agent platform, collaborate directly with customers and use your own creativity to devise long-term, scalable solutions.

Our mission is to deliver magical support experiences — AI agents working alongside human agents to help users resolve their issues.

About the Role

On the Agent Engineering team, you’ll have complete ownership and autonomy in building and shipping best-in-class AI agents, from initial implementation through continuous iteration. You’ll work directly with leaders across industries like finance, healthcare and hospitality, solving their users’ needs with reliable and intuitive AI agents.

Engineers here own their work end-to-end and are trusted to make a real impact. This role is for someone who dives deep into complex system challenges and builds elegant solutions that scale to millions of users.

In this role, you will

  • Design and build AI agents that outperform human agents in managing complex customer interactions and driving customer retention

  • Identify cross-customer trends that guide the evolution of Decagon’s agent building platform and research efforts

  • Experiment with and run evaluations on the latest text and voice models, then integrate them at scale with large enterprise-grade customers

Your background looks something like this

  • Have 2+ years of industry experience in software engineering

  • Proficiency with Python, Typescript and asynchronous programming

  • A high degree of comfort digging into system failures within deep technology stacks using any tool necessary

Even better

  • Prior experience working with multi-modal models

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits

  • Take what you need vacation policy

  • Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office to keep you at your best

Compensation

$185K – $275K + Offers Equity

Top Skills

Asynchronous Programming
Python
Typescript
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
49 Employees

What We Do

Trusted by world-class companies, Decagon is the most advanced AI platform for customer support.

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