Staff Software Engineer - Agent Core

About the role

We're looking for a staff-level software engineer to help us design & build the next generation of our core agent infrastructure. This is a leadership role with generous equity intended for a truly exceptional candidate.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture & continuous improvement of core parts of our agent's technical infrastructure
• Identify, design, build, ship, and improve new agent features
• Become a world expert at context engineering, including following the latest research & tech. Do whatever is needed to keep us at the frontier.
• Define abstractions that enable the entire team to ship rapidly and reliably on top of your code
• Step up to solve challenges wherever needed—this is a startup, and we're all in it together!

Requirements

• Very strong CS fundamentals & a systems engineering or distributed systems background
• Exceptional, AI-native programming skills using an ultra-modern stack
• You were the technical lead for a large scale cloud system that's currently in production
• You're AGI-pilled & deep into relevant AI tech. You're currently building an AI agent system.
• You could easily be an engineering leader on an agent product at a top AI lab — but you want the outsized impact of a startup and you believe Tasklet can win.

Benefits

• $280k → $380k salary
• 0.4% → 0.8% equity
• Competitive benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, 4 weeks PTO, free lunch, etc)

Skills

• Strong CS fundamentals & a systems engineering or distributed systems background
• Exceptional, AI-native programming skills using an ultra-modern stack
• Technical lead experience for a large scale cloud system
• Deep understanding of AI and relevant technologies

Pay

• $280k → $380k salary

Schedule

• Not specified

Qualifications

• US citizen/visa only