AI Engineer - AI Agents (Remote-United States) at Hatch
$112,000–$216,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-leaning software engineering role on an AI agents team, focused on building and maintaining the systems behind voice, SMS, and email AI agents. Day-to-day work spans prompt engineering, tool-calling integrations, LLM evaluation frameworks, and observability tooling. Suited to engineers with hands-on production LLM experience and solid backend skills who are comfortable owning projects across the full stack.
Senior level · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 45,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 27,400–68,500
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The title carries no seniority level ('Engineer' only), so advertised seniority is Unspecified. However, the requirements — leading projects end-to-end, mentoring junior engineers, owning ambiguous problems, and production LLM experience — support a Senior classification.
The backend language requirement is stated as 'one or more of Elixir, Go, Python, or a comparable server-side language,' making these interchangeable gates. Elixir is listed first (and is the primary stack language), with Go and Python as named alternatives. React and TypeScript appear in the stack description narrative rather than a hard-requirements section, so they are marked preferred.
CI/CD, feature flags, and A/B experimentation are listed under 'Apply industry-standard engineering practices' in the responsibilities section, not a formal requirements/qualifications block, so they are marked preferred.
No minimum years of overall experience are stated; the compensation range ($112K–$216K) is wide, suggesting the role may be filled at different experience levels.
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