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Job Description: As an AI Software Engineer – Agentic AI System you will contribute to building infrastructure and tooling that supports an end‑to‑end evaluation ecosystem for agentic AI frameworks. This role is ideal for engineers who are eager to grow their skills across deployment, data, and AI systems while working closely with experienced engineers. This is a hands‑on engineering role for individuals who enjoy learning new systems quickly, working across multiple layers of the stack, and contributing where the team needs them most.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable deployment and orchestration systems for AI workloads
• Develop data pipelines, dashboards, and observability tooling
• Integrate and evaluate AI agent frameworks and model‑serving systems
• Design and automate evaluation pipelines for performance, reliability, and regression detection
• Collaborate with global engineering teams to improve AI evaluation tooling

What Success Looks Like

• Quickly ramping up across different focus areas and contributing independently
• Reliable deployment and evaluation of AI agent frameworks
• Clear, actionable dashboards and reports for stakeholders
• Stable, well‑tested, and automated evaluation pipelines
• Effective collaboration with internal and external engineering partners

Intel invests in our people and offers a complete and competitive package of benefits employees and their families through every stage of life. See Intel Benefits for more details.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Note

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Minimum Qualifications And Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a STEM related with 3+ years of experience. Or a Masters in the same field with 6+ month of educational or work experience.

Your Experience Mentioned Above Must Be In The Following

• Software development experience
• Experience with one of the languages Python/C++/TypeScript/RUST/Go
• Containerized development with Docker, Linux, and command-line tooling
• Experience with REST APIs and HTTP-based integrations
• SQL (SQLite, PostgreSQL) for data querying
• Experience with one of the following: AI agents, LLMs, or modern AI infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications And Experience

• Reading and navigating unfamiliar codebases quickly
• Experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Experience with SSH, remote deployments, and multi-host orchestration
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (Chart.js, D3, Grafana)
• Experience with model serving tools (Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM)
• Experience with prompt engineering and LLM API integrations (such as Anthropic etc.)
• Familiarity with messaging platform APIs (Telegram, Slack, Discord)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code or configuration management (Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience with performance profiling (memory, CPU/GPU monitoring)
• Contributions to or experience with open-source agent frameworks

Take the next step in your career journey by applying today, and become part of Intel's mission to shape the future of technology through innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Job Type Experienced Hire

Shift Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location: US, California, Santa Clara
Additional Locations: US, California, Folsom, US, Oregon, Hillsboro

Business Group

Intel makes possible the most amazing experiences of the future. You may know us for our processors. But we do so much more. Intel invents at the boundaries of technology to make amazing experiences possible for business and society, and for every person on Earth. Harnessing the capability of the cloud, the ubiquity of the Internet of Things, the latest advances in memory and programmable solutions, and the promise of always-on 5G connectivity, Intel is disrupting industries and solving global challenges. Leading on policy, diversity, inclusion, education and sustainability, we create value for our stockholders, customers, and society.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance. Position of Trust N/A

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $133,410.00 - 240,710.00 USD
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site.

• Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Intel is committed to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) compliance and ethical hiring practices. We do not charge any fees during our hiring process. Candidates should never be required to pay recruitment fees, medical examination fees, or any other charges as a condition of employment. If you are asked to pay any fees during our hiring process, please report this immediately to your recruiter.