About the Role
As a Senior Engineer at Inventive, you will be a key technical driver building and delivering next-generation products and intelligent applications for our diverse portfolio of clients. You will work within high-trust, cross-functional pods alongside product, design, and business leaders, combining strong software engineering fundamentals with modern AI-assisted workflows.
Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and own end-to-end delivery of robust cloud services (Python, Node/TypeScript, or Go) and responsive front-end interfaces (React, Next.js, Vite, Chakra UI).
- Design and deploy intelligent features, multi-step agentic workflows, and RAG systems using platforms like OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), LangChain/LangGraph, or custom vector databases.
- Partner closely in small "triad" pods (Product, Design, Engineering) to translate specs into high-quality code with fast feedback loops and quick customer-facing release cadences.
- Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor) to boost velocity and code quality.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker), and IaC (Terraform).
- Serve as a technical anchor on client projects.
- Mentor peer engineers through constructive code reviews, establishing clean API patterns, and championing best practices.
Requirements
- 6+ years of total software engineering experience, with a track record of building and shipping production-grade applications.
- Strong expertise in Python (FastAPI, Flask, Django) or similar modern backend languages, including microservices design, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous data pipelines.
- Proficient with contemporary frontend stacks (React, Next.js, Vite, TypeScript, Storybook, Chakra UI, or similar component libraries).
- Hands-on experience integrating LLMs, prompt engineering, vector stores, or agentic frameworks into production environments.
- Familiarity with AWS or Azure cloud infrastructure, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), IaC (Terraform), and modern CI/CD practices.
- Experience in startup-like, high-ambition contexts where speed, adaptability, pragmatism, and strong engineering judgment are essential.
Skills
- Python
- Node/TypeScript
- Go
- React
- Next.js
- Vite
- Chakra UI
- OpenAI
- Anthropic (Claude)
- LangChain/LangGraph
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- FastAPI
- Flask
- Django
- TypeScript
- Storybook
- AWS
- Azure
- Cursor
- Model context protocols (MCP)
- LlamaIndex
- CrewAI
- Databricks
- AI observability
- AI evaluation frameworks
- AI security
- AI data privacy protocols
Location
- Austin, TX area
- Hybrid
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- Inventive builds and delivers next-generation products and intelligent applications for a diverse portfolio of clients.
