You will build production-grade AI agents designed to execute complex, multi-step workflows with absolute reliability. Moving beyond simple demos, you will architect the infrastructure for validation, failure handling, and feedback loops. Your work ensures that autonomous systems produce correct outcomes in high-stakes environments, turning ambiguous LLM outputs into dependable, structured enterprise solutions.
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San Francisco, USA$180k - $200k + Equity
Featured roleSan Francisco, USA$180k - $200k + Equity
AI Systems Engineer at VC-backed AI automation startup
Are you tired of AI demos that look great but fail in production? This San Francisco-based startup is hiring an AI Systems Engineer to build autonomous agents that actually work. Backed by top-tier VCs, they are moving beyond prompt engineering to create robust infrastructure for multi-step workflows, validation, and failure handling. If you have a strong background in systems thinking and backend infrastructure, this is your chance to solve the biggest bottleneck in AI today: reliability. Help define the future of autonomous software in a high-impact role with significant equity.
Overview
Why this role stands out
Company
About the company
VC-backed AI automation startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Architect autonomous agents capable of executing multi-step workflows and complex logic transitions.
- Design robust systems for validation, automated retries, and sophisticated failure handling to ensure system integrity.
- Build internal developer tools and feedback loops that allow the system to detect, debug, and improve from failures.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Has 3+ years of experience in systems engineering, backend infrastructure, or building high-reliability internal platforms.
- Thinks in terms of constraints, invariants, and schemas rather than just feature development or prompt engineering.
- Possesses a deep interest in debugging complex, non-deterministic problems and a passion for architectural correctness over simple output quality.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the actual frontier of software engineering by moving AI from "vibe coding" to verifiable production systems.
- Join a fast-growing team backed by top-tier VCs and Y Combinator, tackling the massive bottleneck of AI reliability.
- Influence the core architecture of an agentic platform where success is measured by correctness and autonomous completion of real-world work.
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How Jack & Jill work together
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About Jack & Jill
Meet Jack
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How does this work?
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