Senior AI Engineer - Harness Engineering (Kimchi)
Core
Building the execution layer and reliability engineering for AI agents that perform long-horizon, autonomous work on Kubernetes clusters.
Role type
Senior AI Engineer (Agent Harness & Reliability)
Builds
Agent runtimes, orchestration systems, hooks, permission gates, context compaction, and long-horizon execution pipelines.
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Kubernetes / Cloud Computing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
TypeScript, Go, Kubernetes, AI coding agents, system architecture, end-to-end feature ownership
Preferred skills
Experience with Claude Code/Cursor/OpenCode, multi-session task management, cost-optimization
Technologies
TypeScript, Go, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, MCP, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, GitLab CI, ArgoCD
Responsibilities
Build and evolve the agent harness with hooks and constraints; Own long-horizon execution and recovery mechanisms; Architect planner/executor/evaluator pipelines; Manage agent memory and context persistence; Own the harness surface (CLI, TUI, telemetry).
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
