SR Software Engineer, Forward-Deployed (AI Agents)
Location: New York, New York. Hybrid, 2 to 3 days per week onsite.
Our client, a leading global commercial real estate and investment management firm, is building a new team dedicated to reimagining how the business uses AI. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and ship production-grade agentic AI that automates and elevates the work of a global research and market-intelligence organization. This is a net-new, high-visibility role for a senior engineer who blends deep technical skill with a product mindset and thrives working directly with business stakeholders.
What You Will Do
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Design, build, and scale production AI agents that automate complex research and analytics workflows for a global user base.
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Act as the quality bar for AI-assisted development by harnessing, evaluating, validating, and hardening agent output for production.
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Partner directly with product managers, researchers, data engineers, and platform teams to translate business needs into working solutions.
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Own initiatives end to end, from concept through production deployment and scale.
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Communicate and influence across technical and non-technical audiences, helping democratize data and intelligence across the organization.
What You Will Bring
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8+ years of professional software engineering experience at a staff or technical-lead level.
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Demonstrated experience building at least one production AI agent, with strong harnessing around it (evaluation, validation, guardrails) and proven scalability.
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Production and scale experience with agentic systems, not proof-of-concept only.
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A strong, tool-agnostic engineering foundation: microservices and distributed systems, cloud, SQL and NoSQL, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
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Comfort using AI coding tools and agents, and acting as the quality bar for AI-generated output.
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A product mindset and the ability to translate technical solutions for non-technical stakeholders.
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Exceptional communication and cross-functional influence.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with Databricks or similar modern data platforms.
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Experience automating research, analytics, or market-intelligence workflows.
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Background in commercial real estate, financial services, or data and analytics products.
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Experience evolving agents beyond initial build into a mature development lifecycle.
Compensation and Benefits
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Compensation: $221,000 – $320,700 base salary annually, plus eligibility for a 20% annual target bonus.
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Benefits: As a direct-hire employee, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; health savings and flexible spending accounts; a 401(k) with company match; company-paid life and disability insurance; generous paid time off; paid parental leave; fertility and family-planning support; and a range of physical, mental, and financial well-being programs.
This is a chance to build frontier AI on a brand-new team, with the visibility and ownership to shape it from day one. Our client is interviewing now and moving quickly. If this sounds like your next role, apply today.
Cat Ardila
VP of Technology Partnerships
LaSalle Network
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LaSalle Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v.
LaSalle Network is the leading provider of direct hire and temporary staffing services. For over two decades, LaSalle has helped organizations hire faster and connect top talent with opportunities, from entry-level positions to the C-suite. With units specializing in Accounting and Finance, Administrative, Engineering, Marketing, Technology, Supply Chain, Revenue Cycle, Call Center, Human Resources and Executive Search, LaSalle offers staffing and recruiting solutions to companies of all sizes and across all industries.