- Collaborating with Data Science and Product teams to design, build, and ship LLM-powered features across our media buying platform.
- Designing and building agents using frameworks including LangChain and LangGraph to automate complex media planning workflows.
- Developing MCP servers and APIs that connect internal and external agents to our media buying toolkit.
- Building and tuning agent orchestration workflows, including evaluation and observability, to ensure agents reason, plan, and execute reliably.
- Rapidly experimenting with emerging agentic approaches while guiding stable, scalable architectural decisions.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with recent hands-on work building LLM-powered applications or agent systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python, with experience building production APIs, backend services, and integrations with emerging protocols such as MCP.
- Familiarity with agent frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph, and experience with evaluation tools like LangSmith or Langfuse.
- Ability to move quickly from prototype to production, balancing speed with code quality and reliability.
- Strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and commitment to creating inclusive environments where all voices are valued.
BONUS POINTS
- Prior experience in ad tech, media planning systems, or programmatic advertising platforms.
- Experience designing skill-based or MCP tool sets for autonomous agents.
- Experience building, tuning, and evaluating production-grade agentic systems. Preference towards patterns such as asynchronous agents and event driven systems.
- Familiarity with prompt engineering, structured outputs, and techniques for improving agent reliability.
- Experience with RAG systems, vector databases, or knowledge retrieval approaches.
- Background in building developer tools, SDKs, or API-first products.
OUR TECH STACK
- Languages: Python
- Agent Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, Claude Agent SDK
- Protocols & Integrations: MCP, REST APIs
- Evaluation: Langfuse, custom evaluation frameworks
- Data: Snowflake, S3
- Infrastructure: AWS
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What We Do
Basis is a leading global provider of automation software designed specifically for enterprise marketers. Our platform, Basis, is the industry’s only comprehensive digital media solution that seamlessly integrates programmatic, site-direct, advanced TV, search, and social media within a single interface. By unifying these functions, Basis simplifies complex and disconnected media operations, automates repetitive tasks, and minimizes manual processes, enabling marketing teams to focus on strategy and creativity.
Our software is built to consolidate various tools and systems, driving productivity while ensuring that advertisers maximize the performance of their multi-channel media investments. With features that streamline workflows and improve efficiency, Basis delivers a powerful solution for optimizing campaign outcomes across multiple channels.
Headquartered in Chicago, Basis is recognized not only for our innovative technology but also for our dedication to creating an outstanding workplace culture. Our commitment to our people and our customers underpins everything we do, as we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible in digital marketing automation.
Why Work With Us
Our mission is to make the ad industry better for everyone. We invest in our culture and support our employees – from development opportunities to competitive health and wellness programs. If you’re looking for a community that values your whole self, celebrates your wins, and has your back in challenging times – come change the industry with us.
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Basis empowers employees to work where they thrive. As a remote-first company, we trust our people to work remotely, AND offer access to our Chicago HQ and shared workspaces across the U.S., ensuring team members are supported where they are.
