Lead Software Engineer, AI

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/ $180000 - $200000 annum

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$180000 - $200000

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Permanent

Lead Software Engineer, AI | Eagan, MN (hybrid); also Ann Arbor, MI, Toronto, ON or Frisco, TX | $180,000 to $200,000 base + 15% bonus

Set the technical direction for the AI agent platform behind an enterprise legal AI product used by professionals in highly regulated environments.

The Company
A global professional information and technology company with proprietary legal content and an established enterprise customer base. It is investing heavily in agentic AI and AI-native engineering.

The Role

  • Set architecture across AI agent infrastructure, runtime and tooling.
  • Build and scale production agent systems on modern LLMs and agent frameworks.
  • Implement observability, tracing, evaluation pipelines and drift detection.
  • Modernise deployment with feature flagging, progressive rollouts and release automation.
  • Improve production reliability, incident response and operational readiness.
  • Lead architecture reviews and RFCs, and mentor senior engineers.

What We're Looking For

  • 8+ years of software engineering, with 5+ at senior or lead level.
  • Hands-on AI and LLM product development, including agent frameworks and orchestration.
  • Python, PostgreSQL, AWS and distributed systems architecture.
  • Production observability, incident ownership and progressive delivery practices.
  • Technical leadership and mentorship without day-to-day direction.
  • Nice to have: AWS Bedrock AgentCore, frontier model integration, eval frameworks, and legal, tax or regulated-domain experience.

What's On Offer

  • $180,000 to $200,000 base plus 15% bonus (Canada: CAD $140,000 to $165,000). Equity: [TBC].
  • A small, senior, AI-native team that makes heavy use of agentic development tools.
  • Influence over how production AI agents are built and scaled across the organisation.
  • Hybrid working, with onsite days [TBC].
  • US citizens and green card holders only. Visa sponsorship is not available. Canadian candidates are considered for Toronto.

How to Apply
Apply via the link or contact Tom Brammer at Harnham.

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