Software Engineer, Agent Harnessing
Scout AI · Sunnyvale, CA · 2 wk ago
Engineering$170k–$275k/yrFull-time
The Role
The Role
Responsibilities
- Designing and advancing the agent harness (agent loop, tools, prompts, execution environment, capabilities) used across Scout AI's agentic stack.
- Integrating fullstack software with physical hardware systems and AI agents—ensuring robust, low-latency communication across complex pipelines.
- Building simulation environments and video-game-like frameworks that allow agents to be tested and trained before physical deployment.
- Owning the connectors between AI models and real-world systems—the layer that translates model output into physical action.
- Fine-tune frontier AI models and build the data acquisition pipelines that feed the training infrastructure powering our agents.
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with warfighters to turn capability requests into production-ready agentic systems — fast.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience (startup or high-ownership environment preferred)
- You have built complex agentic products or infrastructure—agent loops, orchestration systems, tool-use frameworks. You have strong opinions on model and agent behavior.
- You are a systems-oriented fullstack engineer with hands-on experience integrating software with physical hardware or low-level systems.
- You have exposure to simulation environments, game engines (Unreal, Unity, Isaac Sim), or robotics middleware (ROS/ROS2).
- You have strong SWE fundamentals—architecture, distributed systems, real-time pipelines—and love shipping production systems.
Why Join Scout
Why Join Scout
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including base salary and bonus
- Meaningful equity
- Premium medical, dental, and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution
- Competitive PTO and company holiday calendar
- Catered lunch daily and fully stocked kitchen
- Unlimited AI tokens
- EV charging
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility)