Software Engineer
Job Description:
San Francisco, CA · Palo Alto, CA · On-site (remote for truly exceptional candidates) · Full-time
Compensation: $150,000–$175,000 + 0–1% equity
About the Company
An early-stage AI company building RL training data and task-construction infrastructure for frontier AI labs, and deploying custom AI agents for enterprises and health systems. The team is scaling both its task-generation pipeline and its agent-deployment business.
Founded 2025 · 1–10 people (Seed) · Industry: AI Tools
The Role
Accelerate task creation for the company's RL training pipeline — a specialist role at the intersection of engineering, task design, and system architecture.
What you'll be doing
- Own task construction: design and build long-horizon, high-difficulty RL tasks that meet specifications within time constraints
- Build internal tools and infrastructure to help contractors create tasks faster and at higher quality
- Contribute to custom agent implementations for enterprise customers and health systems
- Own one core technical domain deeply (DevOps, MLE, systems design, Rust, algorithms, or full-stack) and lead that division of engineering tasks
- Ship and iterate on systems that power the core task-generation pipeline
Tech stack: Not specified.
Requirements
- 1 to 5 years engineering experience, flexible for exceptional candidates
- Deep specialization in one domain (DevOps, MLE, system design, Rust, algorithms, or equivalent)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals alongside the specialization
- Palo Alto/SF in-person preferred; remote open for truly exceptional candidates
- Startup pace 9am–9pm, six days a week; high-ownership role reporting to CTO
Green Flags
- Rare depth in one engineering area
- Grit and execution velocity
- Specialist who can also lead a division
Red Flags
- No clear specialization or jack-of-all-trades only
- Cannot articulate their specialization clearly
Why Join
- Build the RL task infrastructure that trains and evaluates frontier models
- Specialist, high-ownership seat reporting directly to the CTO, owning a full division of engineering work
- Perks: 1% equity, lunch or dinner in office, health insurance, Bay Club or Equinox membership
Details
- Location: San Francisco, CA · Palo Alto, CA
- Work policy: In-person preferred; remote for truly exceptional candidates
- Schedule: 9am–9pm, six days a week
- Compensation: $150,000–$175,000 + equity
- Visa sponsorship: H-1B, OPT
- Employment type: Full-time