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Senior Software Engineer, Sandboxes (EU or East Coast Preferred)

England🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $94,040–$94,040🗓 2026-08-12 → 2026-09-26

Core

Building the runtime for AI coding agents to run safely on developer machines via disposable, isolated microVM sandboxes.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure/Runtime)

Builds

Isolated microVM sandboxes with their own Docker daemon, filesystem, and network for AI agent workloads.

Domain

Developer tools / AI Agents / Virtualization

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Building secure isolated runtime environments (sandboxes, containers, VMs), shipping infrastructure at scale, reasoning about isolation and security boundaries, driving architecture and technical strategy, mentoring engineers, open source engagement

Preferred skills

Experience with agentic software development ecosystem, familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol), cross-platform development (macOS, Windows, Linux)

Technologies

Docker, microVMs, Docker daemon

Responsibilities

Design and lead improvements to the sandboxes product for agent integration and workflows, investigate and resolve correctness/performance/stability issues in the agent integration layer, drive reliability of sandbox creation/session management/teardown, collaborate on architecture evolution, mentor engineers, engage with open source communities, participate in on-call rotations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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