Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Production)
$150k - $400k • San Jose • FullTime
Posted 2d ago
Job Location
San Jose
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
AI Agent Engineer
About the job
Our Internal Acceleration team is seeking a Research Engineer to build agents that accelerate the production of frontier tokens. You will collaborate directly with founders and embed with the production team to develop new agentic harnesses and operating systems, transforming hardware development in an AI-native world. This role involves working on harnesses, tool use, context, memory, execution environments, and evaluation frameworks to enable agents to perform long-running, useful engineering tasks. We are looking for individuals who thrive in ambiguous environments, possess strong product sense, and are eager to own problems end-to-end, viewing this as an opportunity to shape future ventures. The work is time-sensitive and business-critical, demanding dedication beyond a standard 9-5 schedule.
Responsibilities
- Embed with the production team to identify high-leverage bottlenecks and own them from concept to production tool.
- Build and deploy LLM agents integrated into engineering workflows using tool-calling and MCP.
- Develop execution environments for agents to self-verify work, with sandboxed access to simulators, EDA flows, compilers, profilers, and hardware.
- Ship full-stack internal products from inception, including interfaces, data pipelines, and infrastructure.
- Design and track evaluations and adoption metrics to optimize tool development.
- Undertake special projects with founders, identifying company-wide problems and driving them to critical milestones.
Requirements
- 1-5+ years of experience building and shipping software end-to-end, preferably in a fast-moving startup.
- Experience building agents for complex, multi-step tasks beyond simple API calls, including tool design, long-context management, evaluations, and failure analysis.
- Strong software engineering skills with experience in building reliable systems like distributed systems, experiment infrastructure, or developer tooling.
- Proficiency in using coding agents, analyzing their transcripts, and modifying systems when agents err.
- High agency and ability to drive progress in unfamiliar domains.
- Product sense, design taste, and extreme attention to detail.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage.
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits.
- $2,500 per month housing subsidy for employees living within walking distance of the office.
- Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row).
- Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more.
- Daily lunch and dinner provided in the office.
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification.
- Significant Equity.