As a Software Engineer focused on Agentic AI development at Esri, you will contribute to building intelligent features within production software systems. The role emphasizes strong software engineering fundamentals to integrate agentic AI capabilities into APIs, services, and applications. You will work with a team dedicated to creating scalable and reliable distributed software for mapping and analytics. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with various teams to translate workflows into technical solutions.

• 1+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python or a similar backend language
• Experience designing and operating production services or distributed systems
• Hands-on experience using LLMs or generative AI APIs in real applications
• Solid understanding of agentic AI patterns, including tool use, task decomposition, planning, and feedback loops
• Experience integrating with REST APIs, databases, queues, and third-party services
• Experience with observability and evaluation of AI systems, including logging and tracing
• Ability to reason about scalability, latency, reliability, and cost trade-offs
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

• Design, implement, and own production features and services that support agentic AI behavior
• Develop backend systems, APIs, and data integrations that support agentic workflows at scale
• Add logging, metrics, and tracing to ensure systems are observable and debuggable in production
• Collaborate with product, design, and platform teams to translate workflows and requirements into technical solutions
• Participate actively in code reviews, design discussions, and security reviews