Lead Software Engineer - Agentic AI, Java/Python

Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Builds and operates multiple agentic solutions on NEO end to end — agent execution and sandboxing (micro-VMs), A2A and MCP integrations, the memory layer (memory nodes), retrieval, and evaluation harnesses
• Delivers the full-stack product surface – Typescript/Next.js application on Salt Design System with virtualization at scale.
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of the software applications and systems 
• Implements permission-aware, auditable execution for agents, including fine-grained authorization and runtime policy checks
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies, and mentors Lead and senior engineers
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s); strong Python required
• Experience delivering production React (Next.js) web applications, including real-time UI (SSE/WebSocket) and working within a component/design system
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Hands-on experience building LLM-power or agentic systems, including tracing, evaluations, and guardrails
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

• Practical cloud native experience; production Kubernetes expected

   

• Exposure to LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and embedding-based retrieval systems; Graph RAG a plus
• Experience with agent protocols (A2A, MCP) or multi-agent orchestration
• Experience with sandboxed/secure code execution (containers and micro-VMs such as Firecracker, Kata, gVisor)
• Experience with agent memory (memory nodes, episodic/semantic memory) or graph-backed retrieval
• Familiarity with building or running evals for LLM/agent systems
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)

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