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Crimson Education is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - AI Agent to develop AI-powered education workflows and maintain backend infrastructure. The role involves designing scalable, user-focused tools and owning complex engineering challenges from prototype through production.

Highlights

Build core product and system architecture for next-gen education AI agent
Design and implement agent workflows including planning, tool use, memory, and feedback loops
Own end-to-end engineering problems from prototype to production
Develop robust backend systems and infrastructure for AI-native products
Collaborate with product and design teams to quickly convert ideas into working products
Deep experience in backend and infrastructure engineering, alongside strong full-stack skills
High ownership, ability to operate in ambiguity, and strong product instinct required
Preferred experience with AI agents, LLM applications, developer platforms, and startup environments
Work at a rapidly growing company with a $1,000 annual training budget and supportive culture
Role is full-time in Product & Technology department with hybrid work options across multiple locations

Senior Software Engineer - AI Agent Full Description

Senior Software Engineer - AI Agent

Senior Software Engineer - AI Agent: help build AI-powered education workflows, own backend infrastructure, and ship scalable, user-focused tools for students worldwide.

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Crimson Education is the world’s leading college admissions consulting firm, with over 1,490 Ivy League offers and 2,410 to the US Top 15. We help ambitious students gain admission to the world’s top universities through expert-led guidance and proven, data-driven strategies. Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League than their peers. We were recently featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

Crimson is the only college admissions consultancy that brings together:

Former Ivy League and Top 20 admissions officers to rigorously review and refine applications
Professors and PhD teaching fellows from leading universities to guide students through original, independent research — with pathways to selective peer-reviewed publication or conference presentation
Past ISEF winners and judges who coach students to compete for state, national, and international science fair awards
Capstone project mentors who help students design and scale leadership initiatives with real-world impact, measurable outcomes, and credible external validation

We’re backed by leading VC firms, including Tiger Global, Heal Partners, IceHouse Ventures, and Movac, and recently closed a USD $40M Series D funding round at a USD $640M valuation. We now operate across 21 markets worldwide, including the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Role

What are the main responsibilities for this role?

Build the core product and system architecture for a next-gen education agent
Design and ship agentic workflows across planning, tool use, memory, evals, feedback loops, and production operations
Own difficult engineering problems end to end, from prototype to production
Build robust backend and infra foundations for AI-native products
Work across the stack when needed, but go deep on backend systems and infrastructure
Partner closely with product and design to turn ambiguous ideas into working products fast
Push the team toward higher engineering leverage, better abstractions, and faster iteration loops

What skills and experience are required?

Hardcore technical ability
Strong full-stack skills, with especially deep experience in backend and infrastructure engineering
The kind of engineer people describe as a 10x builder
Strong product instinct, not just implementation ability
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving with very high ownership
Able to design clean systems, make sharp tradeoffs, and execute fast without lowering the bar
Deep curiosity about AI agents, developer tooling, evals, orchestration, and how modern engineering is changing
Real excitement for exploring and applying Harness Engineering, not just reading about it

Strong Plus If You Have

Experience building AI agents, copilot-style products, workflows, or internal automation systems
Experience with LLM application infrastructure, eval systems, retrieval, tool execution, or observability
Experience building developer platforms, infra products, or backend-heavy systems at scale
Startup experience, especially 0-to-1 product building
Interest in education, learning systems, or personalized AI products

Why work for Crimson?

Rapidly growing start up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
Limitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year
$1000 individual training budget per year, we love to ‘Level Up’ (it’s one of our core values)!
Psychologist on staff
Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high-performing and ambitious team
Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
We’re a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

If you're passionate about growing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and want to work with cutting-edge technology, then we'd love to hear from you!

Please keep an eye on your spam/junk email folder for correspondence from Team Tailor.

Department
Product & Technology
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Locations
Multiple locations
Remote status
Hybrid
Employment type
Full-time

Original Job Description

Senior Software Engineer - AI Agent

Senior Software Engineer - AI Agent: help build AI-powered education workflows, own backend infrastructure, and ship scalable, user-focused tools for students worldwide.

Apply for this job

Former Ivy League and Top 20 admissions officers to rigorously review and refine applications
Professors and PhD teaching fellows from leading universities to guide students through original, independent research — with pathways to selective peer-reviewed publication or conference presentation
Past ISEF winners and judges who coach students to compete for state, national, and international science fair awards
Capstone project mentors who help students design and scale leadership initiatives with real-world impact, measurable outcomes, and credible external validation

The Role

What are the main responsibilities for this role?

Build the core product and system architecture for a next-gen education agent
Design and ship agentic workflows across planning, tool use, memory, evals, feedback loops, and production operations
Own difficult engineering problems end to end, from prototype to production
Build robust backend and infra foundations for AI-native products
Work across the stack when needed, but go deep on backend systems and infrastructure
Partner closely with product and design to turn ambiguous ideas into working products fast
Push the team toward higher engineering leverage, better abstractions, and faster iteration loops

What skills and experience are required?

Hardcore technical ability
Strong full-stack skills, with especially deep experience in backend and infrastructure engineering
The kind of engineer people describe as a 10x builder
Strong product instinct, not just implementation ability
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving with very high ownership
Able to design clean systems, make sharp tradeoffs, and execute fast without lowering the bar
Deep curiosity about AI agents, developer tooling, evals, orchestration, and how modern engineering is changing
Real excitement for exploring and applying Harness Engineering, not just reading about it

Strong Plus If You Have

Experience building AI agents, copilot-style products, workflows, or internal automation systems
Experience with LLM application infrastructure, eval systems, retrieval, tool execution, or observability
Experience building developer platforms, infra products, or backend-heavy systems at scale
Startup experience, especially 0-to-1 product building
Interest in education, learning systems, or personalized AI products

Why work for Crimson?

Rapidly growing start up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
Limitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year
$1000 individual training budget per year, we love to ‘Level Up’ (it’s one of our core values)!
Psychologist on staff
Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high-performing and ambitious team
Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
We’re a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

Department
Product & Technology
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Locations
Multiple locations
Remote status
Hybrid
Employment type
Full-time

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