Cotiviti is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and build the backend infrastructure for their centralized AI platform, focusing on developing robust, scalable backend services for an agentic framework and enabling secure deployment, management, and access of AI agents.
Requirements
- 12+ years of backend development experience with 5+ years building scalable Python applications and APIs
- Experience in building large-scale distributed systems and microservices.
- Strong programming skills in Python; proficiency in Java a plus.
- Expert-level proficiency in Python and modern frameworks (FastAPI, Django REST Framework, Flask)
- Strong experience with database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM frameworks (SQLAlchemy, Django ORM)
- Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar.
- Proven experience developing and maintaining SDKs or client libraries for internal or external usage
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable RESTful APIs endpoints for the AI platform
- Design and develop Python/Java SDKs that provide intuitive interfaces for teams to interact with the AI platform
- Build robust backend services using Python (FastAPI, Django, or Flask) to handle agent lifecycle management, deployment, and monitoring
- Develop secure authentication and authorization systems supporting multi-tenant architecture
- Understand how agentic solution works and create efficient data access layers and database schemas that enable AI agents to interact with various internal data sources
- Implement asynchronous task processing systems for handling long-running AI agent operations
- Lead technical discussions, mentor junior engineers, and help set the technical vision for the AI platform roadmap.
Other
- Ability to navigate complex and fast-changing technologies and requirements
- Ability to work independently as well as collaborate as a team with a sense of urgency.
- Professional with ability to properly handle confidential information.
- Be value-driven, understand that success is based on the impact of your work rather than its complexity or the level of effort.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines.
