EVONA · 1 day ago
Senior AI Engineer - Agentic Platform Lead
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expEVONA is partnering with a leading defense, national security, and space technology company to hire a Senior AI Engineer – Agentic Platform Lead. This role involves architecting and building a multi-agent AI platform for autonomous hardware design, leading a specialized team, and influencing technical strategy within the organization.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Architect and own the full-stack agentic AI platform, including orchestration, runtimes, and services
Design distributed systems (orchestrator–worker, swarms, event-driven architectures) for agent coordination
Build secure execution layers integrating internal tools, simulations, and data sources
Implement memory, context, and decision-tracking systems for agent reasoning and traceability
Profile and optimize performance for latency, reliability, and observability
Lead and mentor a small team of engineers and technical contributors
Partner with engineering domain experts to translate real workflows into scalable agentic capabilities
Influence long-term technical strategy for agentic AI across the organization
Qualification
Required
Master's + 5 years, or PhD + 3 years in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or equivalent experience
5+ years building production-grade backend or distributed systems in mission-critical environments
Strong experience with Python, Go, or Rust and modern microservice architectures
Hands-on experience with LLM-based systems and agent frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, or custom runtimes)
Demonstrated AI-first workflow, using LLMs and agents to materially accelerate development
Proven technical leadership in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Preferred
Background in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Applied Mathematics
Experience integrating AI agents with engineering tools (CAD/CAE, simulation, manufacturing platforms)
Experience with observability stacks (logging, tracing, metrics)
Experience building safety-critical or mission-critical platforms
Open-source contributions or personal projects demonstrating deep system-building expertise
Benefits
Annual bonus potential
Comprehensive health, retirement, and wellness benefits
Paid time off
Company
EVONA
We believe in the evolution of knowledge and the progression of people - it is so core to our business, it's the meaning of our name: EVO - to evolve, ONA - people.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Jack Madley
Co-Founder
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