Variance

Variance is building AI agents to handle complex judgment calls at scale in areas like risk investigation, fraud, and identity reviews. This role involves owning the technical delivery of these agents for enterprise clients, working directly with them from initial demos through production. You will build agents that make real decisions within fraud and risk workflows, directly impacting how businesses operate. This is a foundational hire with the opportunity to shape the future of AI agent development at the company, pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI.

Variance is building AI agents for high-stakes judgment calls in risk investigations, fraud, and identity reviews. We are seeking a Research Engineer to define how we measure and improve model quality. This role involves building benchmarks, datasets, tooling, and evaluation loops to track system improvements. You will work at the intersection of research, product, and engineering, creating rigorous, domain-specific evaluations that reflect real customer workflows and drive the next generation of model and agent enhancements.

$180k - $300k

At Variance, we are teaching machines to make the hardest judgement calls at scale. This involves building AI agents for high-precision risk investigations, fraud, and identity reviews. We are a small, talent-dense team in San Francisco, tackling problems that impact billions of events and entities for customers including Fortune 500 companies, global marketplaces, and regulated financial services. We are looking for individuals who thrive on extreme ownership, moving fast, and working directly with founders.

$160k - $250k

At Variance, we are teaching machines to make the hardest judgement calls at scale, building AI agents for the high-precision gray-area of risk investigations, fraud, and identity reviews. We are a small, talent-dense team in San Francisco tackling problems that touch billions of events and entities, serving Fortune 500 companies and global marketplaces. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who wants to own product and technical decisions end-to-end, working directly with the founders to build and scale AI-powered systems where precision, speed, and trust are paramount.

$200k - $300k