Cresta is a software company using artificial intelligence and real-time coaching to transform the way sales and retention teams learn high-value skills. To do
Senior Software Engineer, Backend – AI Agent Integrations
Location
Canada
Posted
70 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Backend – AI Agent Integrations
Cresta
• Design and build scalable backend services that integrate Cresta’s AI Agents with customers’ CCaaS platforms. • Architect systems that manage real-time conversation state, context propagation, and session lifecycle. • Implement seamless AI-to-human handoff mechanisms, ensuring full context transfer and minimal disruption to the customer experience. • Develop secure and reliable integrations with CCaaS APIs (voice, chat, messaging, routing, agent desktop, etc.). • Collaborate closely with ML engineers and AI researchers to operationalize AI Agent capabilities in live environments. • Ensure high availability, low latency, and strong observability for real-time conversation systems. • Implement authentication, authorization, compliance, and enterprise security best practices across integrations. • Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and scalability in production environments handling high interaction volumes
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years of experience building scalable backend systems in production environments.
- Strong experience designing and maintaining robust APIs (REST, gRPC).
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and real-time communication architectures.
- Experience integrating with third-party enterprise platforms and APIs.
- Experience working with CCaaS platforms or contact center systems is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with AI Agents, Virtual Agents, or LLM-based systems is a plus.
- Experience with containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Strong understanding of system reliability, observability, and security in enterprise environments.
Benefits
- We offer Cresta employees a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family’s needs
- Paid parental leave to support you and your family
- Monthly Health & Wellness allowance
- Work from home office stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment
- Lunch reimbursement for in-office employees
- PTO: 3 weeks in Canada
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