Principal AI Agent Engineer at Liberate
San Francisco, CA
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Jul 21, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role focused on setting the technical direction for AI agent engineering at an insurance automation company. The work centers on owning complex production deployments, defining standards for agent design, evaluation, and monitoring, and building reusable frameworks that translate customer-specific work into lasting platform improvements. Suited to a seasoned engineer with a decade or more of experience leading large, ambiguous systems and influencing technical direction across teams.
Principal level · 10+ years · Boston, MA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 140 people in the Boston, MA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 40–210
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $169,742 (middle half $134,780–$187,781).
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 (6)
The role is posted for two metros — Boston, MA and San Francisco/Berkeley, CA — with a hybrid requirement of 2 days/week in office; Boston is listed first and used as the primary CBSA, but the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley, CA CBSA (41860) is an equally valid location.
The posting names very few concrete technologies. The required skills are largely framed as capabilities and judgment ('AI agent behavior', 'evaluation', 'risk management', 'system design', 'failure modes') rather than named tools. 'Prompts', 'evals', and 'monitoring' are the closest named technical artifacts in the requirements block and are captured as skills.
LLMs and agentic/LLM-powered platforms appear only under the 'Nice to Have' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
No compensation range is disclosed in the posting.
The SOC is Medium confidence: this is a deeply technical IC role building AI agent systems (→ 15-1252 Software Developers), but the org-wide technical authority and 'set standards / influence without formal authority' framing could also fit 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) for an emerging AI-agent specialty. 15-1252 is the stronger fit given the emphasis on shipping production systems.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): system design.
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