Founding Software Engineer, AI Agents

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design and build the execution layer of an AI-driven software product, with a focus on persistent context, extended unsupervised operation and rigorous quality measurement. The role also shapes the interface for people who work alongside these systems and covers ownership from infrastructure through the user experience.

What you'll do

• Develop the persistence and extended autonomous operation features that let AI systems keep working unattended and get better from user corrections.
• Create and maintain the evaluation methods used to judge how well these AI systems perform.
• Shape the user-facing experience for people collaborating with AI-driven work across documents, messaging and mobile devices.
• Plan long-range system architecture and take end-to-end ownership from infrastructure through user experience.

What we're looking for

• Between 0 and 3 years of experience, including production work on AI agents or agent platforms at a notable company or a startup.
• Up-to-date understanding of AI assistants for software development and personal use, with a clear view of their strengths and limits.
• Good instincts for product and interface design, with prior work that influenced how end users interact with an AI product.
• Keen on AI tooling and makes daily use of it to speed up their own work.
• Track record of designing measurement methods whose results informed team decisions.

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 150,000 to 300,000 per year

Location and work model

• San Francisco, CA, United States
• On-site
• Full-time