Software Engineer II (AI Focus)

About the role

The Nine Hill Technologies team helps customers rapidly build innovative products that push automation and productivity to new levels for our customers. We value engineers who can solve hard problems and ship high-quality, creative solutions quickly.

We're looking for a strong software engineer with a focus on AI — ideally agentic AI systems — to join our team. The ideal candidate has a track record of building and shipping quality software, solid full-stack fundamentals, and hands-on experience designing systems where AI agents plan, reason, or take action autonomously.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications, with an emphasis on agentic workflows (multi-step reasoning, tool use, autonomous task execution)

Develop quality software and web applications end-to-end

Optimize code and system architecture for performance, scalability, and maintainability

Write and maintain automated tests, including for AI-driven components

Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code

Stay current on new AI methodologies, agent frameworks, and tools, and evaluate them for fit

Technologies (or eager to learn)

LLM APIs and agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, Anthropic/OpenAI APIs, or similar)

Docker & Kubernetes

AWS

Qualifications (no dealbreakers here)

5+ years of software development experience

Experience building with LLMs or AI agents — production experience a plus, side projects count too

Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field

Firm Qualification

U.S. Citizen

At Nine Hill Technologies, we strive to build a world-class team of intelligent, creative, innovative, and driven engineers that can provide big impacts for our customers. Please consider reaching out to us today to discuss how you can contribute!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Paid time off

Professional development assistance

Relocation assistance

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Experience:

software development: 4 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

New Hartford, NY 13413 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

New Hartford, NY 13413: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New Hartford, NY 13413