Applied AI Engineer
Core
Build AI agents that automate high-stakes people operations (onboarding, payroll, benefits, IT) for high-growth companies, ensuring reliability and trust in sensitive data handling.
Role type
Senior Applied AI Engineer (Agentic Systems)
Builds
Production AI agents, durable execution harnesses, and auditable workflows for HR, finance, and IT operations.
Domain
Enterprise HRIS, Payroll, and People Operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Full-stack engineering, strongly typed languages, production AI systems (agents, tool use, retrieval), reliable backend systems design, system observability, eval design, guardrails
Preferred skills
Coding agents, product-mindedness, high agency
Technologies
LLMs, tool-calling frameworks, durable execution systems, web/mobile/Slack integrations
Responsibilities
Ship agentic features end-to-end across HRIS/payroll/benefits/IT; Build and extend Warp Agent's harness for tool-calling and durable execution; Design evals and guardrails for high-cost workflows; Extend permission models for agent actions; Build internal agents to reduce manual work; Collaborate directly with CTO and CEO.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC