We're looking for engineers who think differently about how software gets built.
Our Product Development team is growing, and we're hiring a Software Engineer who actively uses modern AI tooling and agents as part of their real development
This isn't a "prompt engineering" role - it's a hands-on engineering role for someone who understands how cloud systems work and uses AI tools to ship faster without compromising quality.
NOTE: This is a hybrid role located in South Austin (near Dripping Springs). Sponsorship is not available for this position.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Design and implement scalable services in a cloud environment
Contribute to architecture decisions with guidance from senior engineers
Build and maintain APIs and service integrations
Use AI agents to assist with coding, testing, refactoring, and debugging
Review and validate AI-generated code for correctness and maintainability
Improve performance, reliability, and observability of existing systems
Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business needs into technical solutions
Continuously evaluate and improve your AI-assisted development workflow
ABOUT YOU
3-6 years of experience shipping production software
Experience building or contributing to cloud-based applications (AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar)
Understanding of service-based or microservices architectures
Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
Familiarity with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL)
Experience with Docker (or similar), CI/CD pipelines, and Git
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
We are not optimizing for a specific programming language. We care more about your system understanding and engineering judgment.
AI Expectations
You don't need you to have built your own agent framework - but you should:
Actively use AI coding assistants in your day-to-day development
Be able to explain how you validate AI-generated outputs
Have experimented with running multiple agents or workflows in parallel
Understand when not to rely on AI
Be thoughtful about code quality, security, and edge cases
We're interested in how you think about leverage, not just how fast you type.
Bonus Points
Experience working on high-availability SaaS platforms
Familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka or similar)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code
Exposure to observability tools (monitoring, tracing, alerting)
Experience integrating AI services or APIs into applications
ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENT (Required)
Along with your resume, please submit a ~3-minute screen recording showing how you incorporate AI agents into your development workflow. You may email it to hr@lightspeedsystems.com.
We're not evaluating production polish - we're evaluating how you think and how you use AI as a tool.