Junior Software Engineer (AI Agents)

Overview

Redefine the future of customer experiences. One conversation at a time. We're changing the game with a first-of-its-kind, conversation-centric platform that unifies team collaboration and customer experience in one place. Powered by AI, built by amazing humans. Our culture is forward-thinking, customer-obsessed and built on an unwavering belief that connection fuels business and life; connections to our customers with our signature Amazing Service, our products and services, and most importantly, each other. Since 2008, 100,000+ companies and 1M+ users rely on Nextiva for customer and team communication. If you're ready to collaborate and create with amazing people, let your personality shine and be on the frontlines of helping businesses deliver amazing experiences, you're in the right place. Build Amazing - Deliver Amazing - Live Amazing - Be Amazing.

Nextiva, a leader in cloud communications and customer experience management is seeking a skilled AI Software Engineer to join our AI Agents team within our Data & Intelligence Platform group. In this role, you will develop intelligent, multimodal AI agents (voice and chatbots) as part of Nextiva's next-generation customer experience platform. You will apply expertise in machine learning and software engineering to build AI-driven features that transform how businesses engage with customers. This position offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of generative AI and multimodal interactions, creating scalable AI solutions that blend automation with the human touch to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Develop AI Agents : Design, implement, and refine AI agents for Nextiva's products that understand and respond to customers in multiple formats (e.g., spoken voice, written text). Develop conversational logic and multimodal interaction flows leveraging state-of-the-art natural language processing (NLP) and speech recognition techniques.
• AI Model Integration : Integrate large language models and other AI / ML components into the Agentic AI Platform to enable capabilities such as question answering, task automation, sentiment analysis, and recommendations. Ensure that AI models and solutions perform effectively in real-world environments and at scale.
• Full Lifecycle Engineering : Own the end-to-end development lifecycle of AI features.
• Multimodal Interaction Systems : Build and integrate components for multimodal interactions, including speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and dialog management systems.
• Performance Optimization : Optimize AI algorithms and agent frameworks for performance, scalability, and reliability. Use data-driven methods to tune model accuracy and response times.
• Quality, Ethics & Compliance : Implement robust testing (unit, integration, end-to-end) for AI features to ensure reliability and correctness. Incorporate ethical AI practices, ensuring AI agent behavior is unbiased and compliant with privacy and security regulations.
• Documentation & Mentorship : Document AI agent designs, algorithms, and usage guidelines for future reference. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers or new team members as needed.

Success in this role will be measured by your ability to deliver AI features that measurably improve customer experiences (e.g., higher self-service resolution rates, faster response times, improved user satisfaction) while maintaining high software quality and ethical AI standards. You will help Nextiva achieve a balanced integration of AI and human interaction, directly contributing to our CX-first vision.

Qualifications

Nextiva DNA (Core Competencies)

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Benefits

At Nextiva, we're committed to supporting our employees' health, well-being, and professional growth. Join us and build a rewarding career!

Established in 2008 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Nextiva secured $200M from Goldman Sachs in late 2021, valuing the company at $2.7B. To check out what's going on at Nextiva, check us out on Instagram, Instagram (MX), YouTube, LinkedIn, and the Nextiva blog.

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