Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Senior Software Engineer, Platform at Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

Location: Seattle, WA (on-site required; varies by position/team)
Compensation: $126,000 - $189,000 base + bonus plans

Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world's biggest problems. We are hiring 3 Senior Software Engineers to join the Agentic Applications team. This team builds open, production-grade AI systems that power scientific discovery.

Key Responsibilities:

The role focuses on building foundational systems for AI research agents. Core duties include:

• Designing and extending APIs that expose scholarly data to researchers and AI workflows
• Contributing to dashboards for evaluating data quality and model precision
• Scaling systems cost-effectively while improving reliability and automation
• Enhancing team velocity through software design and deployment tooling
• Establishing best practices for monitoring system availability, latency, and health
• Collaborating across engineering and research teams throughout the full development lifecycle

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree + 8+ years technical experience (or relevant experience substituting for degree)
• Strong Python engineering skills, with experience building production services
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar)
• Containerization and deployment automation
• Experience integrating AI-powered capabilities into applications, including agent workflows, memory management, and external tool integrations
• Analytics/observability tools (Datadog or similar)
• API, SDK, or framework design

Tech Stack:

• Python (primary language)
• Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)
• Container technologies
• Datadog (monitoring)

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, EAP coverage
• 401(k), HSA, FSA plans
• $125/month commuting/internet; $200/month fitness
• 10 sick days, 7 personal days, 20 vacation days, 12 holidays annually
• Annual bonuses and long-term incentive plan participation