Software Engineer, Agents

Output Labs is hiring a Software Engineer, Agents to build agent infrastructure that turns model capabilities into practical tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and build an agent orchestration system that composes model capabilities into multi-step workflows, including sequencing, state management, and error recovery
• Implement agent skills and tools that expose model capabilities to automated and interactive workflows
• Build inference infrastructure to serve models efficiently, optimizing for latency, throughput, and reliability
• Design and build APIs and integrations, including MCP-compatible interfaces, enabling external systems and users to interact with Output models
• Develop internal tools to speed up the research team, including experiment management and evaluation pipelines
• Establish and maintain software engineering practices across the team: testing, CI/CD, code review, and documentation

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent experience
• 4+ years building production software systems
• Experience integrating ML models into products or workflows, including LLM-based systems
• Strong Python engineering skills with a track record of maintainable, well-tested production code
• Experience designing APIs and building systems other engineers and researchers rely on
• Comfort with cloud infrastructure, containerization, and deployment pipelines
• Systems thinking focused on reliability, observability, and graceful failure

Technologies

• Python
• LLMs
• MCP (Model Context Protocol)
• Cloud infrastructure
• Containerization
• CI/CD

Bonus Points

• Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks, agent architectures, or tool-use patterns
• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar model-integration protocols
• Background in biology, chemistry, computational biology, or a related natural science
• Experience building internal tools that accelerate research or data science teams
• Experience with inference optimization for large models

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity in a growing, well-funded startup
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage

Our Values

• Heart: ownership and pride in contributions
• Excellence: continuously challenging for high standards
• Practicality: results-oriented thinking with tangible impact
• Honesty: direct, open, transparent communication
• Fun: building an engaging workplace that’s rewarding and fulfilling

What We Offer

• Encouragement for new and different ideas, creativity, and contrarian thinking
• Healthy feedback environment with constructive feedback, high expectations, support for growth, and openness to your feedback and ideas
• Ownership of day-to-day management, with focus on hitting shared milestones
• Competitive salary and equity in a growing, well-funded startup
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage

Location: New York, NY (onsite)

Salary: USD 150,000 - 300,000 per year