Software Engineer, AI

BigTime is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our AI team! This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-growth SaaS company! As a Software Engineer you will be working across the entire application stack. You collaborate extensively to design build and test functionality in our award-winning cloud based system. This is an exciting opportunity to work side-by-side with a team of talented individuals. Our goal is to be the leading AI-powered platform guiding Professional Services organizations to excel in delivery resource and financial management and grow profitably. The right candidate will be passionate about development and able to solve difficult technical problems in a fast-paced agile environment.

Who We Are

BigTime is the AI-powered professional services platform enabling intelligent decisions and delivering profitable growth. Weve proudly been featured on Inc.s 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America four years in a row and named one of Crains Best Places to Work three years running.

Our flagship SaaS platform powers 2700 consulting firms worldwide tracking over $4B in billable time each year. Were on a mission to become the leading AI-driven platform guiding professional services organizations to excel in delivery resource and financial management.

Now were expanding our AI team to shape the future of agentic systemsand were looking for pioneers to help us lead.

The Opportunity

As a Software Engineer youll architect and build agentic workflows that redefine how professional services firms operate. Using cutting-edge protocols like the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) collaboration youll design AI systems that dont just assistthey act orchestrating workflows across tools data and teams.

Youll collaborate with a world-class engineering team to push beyond traditional SaaS embedding autonomy reasoning and intelligence into the very fabric of BigTimes platform.

What Youll Do

• Design develop and maintain scalable Python applications and services

• Architect MCP-based frameworks that enable LLMs to connect seamlessly with BigTime and third-party ecosystems (Salesforce QuickBooks Jira Hubspot Intacct and beyond).

• Design and implement agentic control planes for governance security and auditabilityensuring safe explainable autonomy.

• Orchestrate multi-agent workflows using A2A patterns allowing agents to plan delegate and adapt across dynamic environments.

• Benchmark agent performance with emerging standards (e.g. LiveMCP-101) to validate orchestration and execution.

• Enhance resilience and scalability by building fault-tolerant observable and distributed AI-driven services.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product data science and platform teams to transform how professional services operate.

• Continuously explore bleeding-edge AI methods and bring fresh ideas into production.

Who You Are

• 1-3 years of software engineering experience with strong foundations in distributed systems SaaS architectures and modern stacks (Python React C# .NET SQL Server MongoDB Redis AWS/Azure).

• Proven experience with LLM-based systems and agentic AI workflows; hands-on familiarity with MCP A2A or related protocols is a huge plus.

• Comfortable moving between monolithic and distributed systems; experience migrating legacy platforms into microservices/service-based architectures.

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in complex environments.

• Passionate about building AI systems that are secure auditable and production-ready.

• Excellent communicator and collaboratorable to align technical design with business impact.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary bonus

• Company-paid 100% benefits: medical dental vision disability life insurance

• 401(k) with generous match

• Paid Parental Leave

• Hybrid work schedule: 23 days in-office per week

• Generous PTO paid company holidays

• Fresh fruit snacks cold brew sparkling water (Chicago/Phoenix offices)

• Cutting-edge tools & technology provided

• Opportunity to define the next era of AI for professional services

The salary for this position is between $105000 $110000 addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package this position may be eligible for additional types of compensation such as bonuses.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. BigTime Software Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Your Right to Work - In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.