Principal AI Engineer, OKX
AI Agent Development
$313.1-450k
Office located in San Jose, CA
Cryptocurrency trading app
Be an early applicant
Cryptocurrency trading app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$313.1-450k
Office located in San Jose, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To eliminate financial barriers, evolve the global economy, and change the world for better.
Role
Who you are
- PhD or Master's in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Robotics or related field with at least 10 years of industry experience
- Proven experience building and deploying autonomous AI agents in live environments. Ideal candidates will have:
- Designed multi-agent frameworks or agent ecosystems (e.g., AutoGPT, OpenAgents, LangGraph, LangFuse, Dify, Coze, etc.)
- Experience with goal-oriented agents, context engineering, memory management, tool use, and RL-based decision making
- Developed agents for real-time decision-making, such as trading, gaming, customer support, or operations
- Track record of delivering end-to-end AI systems in fast-paced, high-scale environments (preferably finance, crypto, or high-frequency domains)
Desirable
- Experience in top-tier AI labs or Tech industry leaders
- Experience in high-frequency trading, fintech, Web3, or crypto platforms is a strong advantage
- Startups or research-intensive environments preferred; must be comfortable operating with ambiguity and speed
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Principal Engineer with a deep expertise in autonomous AI agent architecture and deployment, to spearhead the design, development, and optimization of intelligent agent systems on our global crypto exchange platform
- This is a senior role requiring a hands-on AI science background combined with strategic oversight, technical direction, and cross-functional collaboration
- You will work at the cutting edge of AI and crypto, designing AI agents that can autonomously reason, act, and evolve in complex, real-time environments such as trading, security, compliance, and customer interaction
- Lead the design, development, and lifecycle management of autonomous AI agents tailored to crypto exchange operations (e.g., customer assistant, trading bots, risk detection agents, fraud prevention agents, etc.)
- Architect multi-agent systems (MAS) and frameworks to support goal-directed, reasoning, planning, and reinforcement-learning-based agents
- Collaborate with product, engineering, business, and operation teams to define agent roles and measurable KPIs
- Drive experimentation, simulations, and continuous learning pipelines for agent performance optimization
- Stay ahead of the curve on developments in AGI, LLM-integrated agents, and cognitive architectures; apply relevant innovations to production systems
- Mentor and lead a team of AI scientists and engineers; help define the AI roadmap and research strategy
- Ensure system scalability, security, and regulatory compliance of AI-powered solutions in the crypto exchange domain
Our take
While cryptocurrency holds the promise of freedom in personal finances and the possibility of large financial rewards through trading, it can be intimidating to get started. OKX, a long-standing crypto currency exchange, exists to solve that problem, removing the knowledge barriers to cryptocurrency trading with an easy-to-use, all in one platform.
OKX is one of the larger cryptocurrency exchanges, though it is a bit smaller than the market leaders Binance and Coinbase Exchange. Where it shines is in the sheer range of its services, which are designed to be versatile enough for any user, ranging from a crypto exchange to NFT and decentralised finance investment products. With a reputation for security and reliability, it has a user base of over 50+ million active accounts in over 180 countries.
OKX is using its structural position in cryptomarkets to help support the entire sector, announcing a market recovery fund to protect crypto firms facing collapse following the FTX crisis. Additionally, it is expanding into Web3 gaming with a 2023 partnership with Thirdverse, further increasing the scope of its offering to its client base. As long as it can continue to weather the tough market conditions for cryptocurrency, it should maintain its excellent position to continue its growth.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
65% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, disability & life insurance.
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Referral Bonus Program paid in BTC
- More surprises when you join!
Leadership
Star Xu
(Founder & CEO)Previously an Engineer at Yahoo before becoming the Chief Technology Officer at DocIn. They later founded OKX and has recently reclaimed the title of CEO
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