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Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Developer
Posted: 06/17/2026
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Number: 31960
Job Location: Onsite
Industry: SOFT - Software Companies
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Developer
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Developer with our client located in San Jose, CA.
Job Description:
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Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Developer with our client located in San Jose, CA.
Job Description:
- You will work alongside a team of engineers building and maintaining software infrastructure that supports chip design workflows, including AI-driven automation, EDA tool integration, CI/CD systems, and software build systems.
- This is a hands-on technical role for someone who thrives in a complex, Linux-based engineering environment.
Job Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain software tools and automation in Python, Go, Perl, and shell scripting on Linux
- Architect and implement Agentic AI systems, including multi-step reasoning pipelines, tool-calling agents, and LLM-integrated workflows
- Build and maintain automation that interfaces with RTL/EDA tools
- Own and improve software build systems, including GNU Make-based infrastructures, Jenkins, and related CI/CD tooling
- Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code and participate in code reviews.
Job Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong, production-level proficiency in Python and shell scripting on Linux
- Working knowledge of Go and/or Perl in a professional context
- Demonstrated, hands-on experience building Agentic AI systems (e.g., LLM agents, tool-use pipelines, orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar)
- Solid understanding of GNU Make and software build system design
- Experience with Jenkins
- Comfortable working day-to-day in a Linux environment.
- Experience with RTL design tools and EDA ecosystems (e.g., Synopsys or Cadence tools)
- Familiarity with semiconductor design or verification flows
- Experience with GNU Make, CMake, or other build system tools
- Background in infrastructure or developer tooling for hardware engineering teams.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Contract
- Pay Range: $90 - $94 an hour.
- Location: San Jose, CA (Onsite).
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
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