Senior Software Engineer - Conversational AI (Python)
Glia · Remote · Canada - Remote ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior level role
- Fully remote (Canada)
- Python + AWS
- Conversational AI focus
- Low latency engineering
Team Vector develops the AI agents that handle customer interactions for banks and credit unions. You will work on a fully agentic voice AI framework, focusing on unifying runtime architecture and ensuring system stability while removing configuration friction.
The team prioritizes low latency and strict compliance, building guardrails and verification layers around LLMs. You will collaborate with engineers across Europe and Vancouver to deliver trustworthy, high-quality conversational experiences.
What you'll do
- Design and ship the core agentic voice AI framework and runtime architecture
- Build harness controls including guardrails, grounding, and policy checks
- Profile and optimize every stage of the real-time voice pipeline for latency
- Unify runtime architecture to reduce friction for new banking use cases
- Maintain stability and reliability of existing production systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve ambiguous problems
- Use AI-assisted tools daily and set standards for code verification
What you'll need
- Proven experience building production AI systems and understanding LLM architecture
- Strong knowledge of prompting, context management, and agentic flows
- Ability to design complex components and make sound technical tradeoffs
- Track record of shipping reliable software quickly without cutting corners
- Proficiency in using AI tools like Claude for design and development
- Proactive approach to identifying problems and driving solutions
- Clear communication skills for distributed, cross-continental collaboration
- Availability to overlap at least 2 hours daily with Pacific Time
Nice to have
- Experience with real-time or voice AI applications
- Familiarity with agent SDKs such as Claude or OpenAI Agents
- Prior experience as a tech lead, team lead, or mentor
Stack
- Python
- Elixir
- TypeScript
- React
- PostgreSQL
- DynamoDB
- AWS
- DataDog
- Jenkins
- Argo CD
- Gemini
- Claude Code
- Terraform
- Kafka
- Kubernetes
- Docker
How you'll work
- Fully remote within Canada (East Coast preferred)
- Must overlap 2 hours daily with Pacific Time (9-11 AM PT)
- Collaboration with teams in Europe and Vancouver
Hiring process
- Introduction call
- Practical assessment
- Team interviews
- Decision and offer