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Research Engineers, Agents

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-07-07 → 2026-09-27

Core

Design, prototype, and implement agentic AI systems that perform reliably across complex enterprise workflows, bridging frontier AI research and production systems.

Role type

Senior IC research engineer (agentic AI systems)

Builds

Compound AI architectures combining planning, tool use, retrieval, memory, evaluation, orchestration, and execution for enterprise customers

Domain

Applied AI, agentic systems, enterprise operations

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Building agentic systems with models/tools/retrieval/planning/memory, Python engineering, systems-level reasoning, designing experiments for agent behavior, using AI tools for code/debugging/experimentation, translating business workflows to agent designs

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Python, AI models, modern AI tools

Responsibilities

Design and implement compound AI architectures; Investigate agent reasoning, coordination, error recovery, and external system interaction; Develop evaluation frameworks for agent behavior and reliability; Create tools for observing, debugging, and testing agent behavior; Partner with AI Researchers and Engineers to harden approaches for production; Integrate agents into customer APIs and operational workflows

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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