Platform Engineer

Job Description: Framework/Platform Engineer (Agentic Systems)

About Lyzr

Lyzr is a cutting-edge AI-powered platform designed to simplify the creation, deployment, and scaling of agentic systems. We are building the backbone of the agentic era, providing developers with the frameworks and runtimes necessary to move from simple LLM prompts to complex, multi-agent workflows.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Software Engineer who is deeply passionate about the internal mechanics of AI Agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Tool Calling. You will be a foundational member of the team, driving the development of the Lyzr framework and its core services to ensure architectural excellence and scalability.

What You'll Do

As a Core Engineer, you will own the technical lifecycle of our agentic runtime and orchestration services:

• Agentic Runtime & Orchestration: Continuously improve planning/execution loops, memory management, and multi-agent coordination.
• Core Services Development: Build event-driven orchestration, Text2SQL engines, and secure tool execution environments (sandboxing).
• Data & Model Integration: Implement RAG pipelines, manage vector store connectors, and integrate with leading LLM providers and embedding models.
• Infrastructure & Security: Ship multi-tenant SaaS and enterprise on-prem deployments with robust RBAC and safety filters.
• Observability: Implement tracing, token-level logging, evaluation harnesses, and policy enforcement.
• Scale & Resilience: Lead profiling, load testing, and autoscaling efforts to ensure a robust production environment.
• Community: Contribute to open-source components and engage with the developer community to grow the Lyzr ecosystem.

What We're Looking For

• Technical Stack: Strong expertise in Python (required). Familiarity with Go or Rust is a significant bonus.
• Backend Mastery: Hands-on experience with FastAPI, MongoDB, and Docker.
• Cloud Architecture: Solid experience with AWS (required); Azure or GCP experience is a plus.
• Systems Thinking: A proven ability to build and scale distributed systems from scratch with a focus on API architecture.
• Mindset: A product-oriented engineer who takes extreme ownership and possesses a deep research mindset.

Engineering Bands

Depending on your experience and technical depth, you will be placed into one of the following three tracks:

1. Staff Core Engineer : 5+ years of experience

• Expertise: Architecting complex, distributed systems from scratch.
• Leadership: Mentoring senior engineers, leading design reviews, and setting global coding standards.
• Innovation: Deep research capability to recommend and implement next-gen agentic features.
• Scope: Total ownership of orchestration, sandboxing, and multi-agent coordination architecture.

2. Senior Core Engineer: 3-6 years of experience

• Execution: Lead the development of key modules (Memory, RAG, Text2SQL) and ensure clean code architecture.
• Speed: Ability to build high-quality, production-ready components at a fast pace.
• Collaboration: Providing mentorship to junior engineers and collaborating with product leadership.

3. Core Engineer: 2-3 years of experience

• Delivery: Shipping well-scoped features with high quality and speed.
• Fundamentals: Strong grasp of Python, AWS, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Problem Solving: Technical aptitude to break down tasks and identify complex edge cases.

Why Lyzr

• Work at the forefront of the Agentic AI revolution.
• Direct impact on a platform used by developers worldwide.
• Collaborative environment with a focus on technical excellence and product-first engineering.