Founding Engineer, Agents

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI company as a Founding Engineer building autonomous agents for complex computer-based work. You will own core systems that help agents execute reliably over extended periods, learn from accumulated knowledge, and demonstrate performance against human-level benchmarks.

Compensation & Benefits

$200,000 to $300,000 annual base salary, with up to $350,000 for exceptional candidates. Meaningful founding equity is available. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site, five days a week in San Francisco, California, United States.

Responsibilities

Build agents that pursue goals over weeks with minimal or no human intervention.; Design memory systems that help agents retain and use knowledge to improve over time.; Develop evaluation frameworks to determine whether agents outperform people on specific tasks.; Improve agent reliability and reduce the need for human review of individual runs.

Requirements

Hands-on experience building production agents that people rely on, with a clear understanding of their failure modes.; Experience with agent memory, long-running execution, multi-step reasoning, and maintaining goal coherence over time.; A track record of building evaluation systems that inform real decisions, including comparisons against human-level baselines.; At least 1 to 2 years at a fast-growing or AI-focused startup, and evidence of substantive engineering work.; Published research that others build on, or software shipped at meaningful scale.; Strong engineering fundamentals and evidence of exceptional problem-solving, such as competitive programming, founding experience, or an equivalent credential.; Agent architecture experience is a plus. A collaborative, kind approach to working through challenging problems is valued.