Aifund

Engineer in Residence: AA Firewall

Mountain View, CA · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 96 days ago

SQLGraphQLRESTData EngineeringLLMsAgentic AIFirewall

About the role

An authentication and access control layer that integrates with enterprise identity providers (SSO, LDAP, RBAC) to enforce existing permission boundaries.

Design the core agent architecture for operating in constrained network environments where cloud-first assumptions break down.
Build connectors for common enterprise data sources: SQL databases, internal APIs, file shares, legacy mainframe interfaces.
Develop a natural language task definition layer that translates operator intent into safe, auditable multi-step agent actions.
Implement security primitives: credential vaulting, least-privilege execution, action sandboxing, and rollback capabilities.
Work with enterprise design partners to validate the agent framework against real internal tooling pain points.
Hands-on experience building with LLMs, particularly agentic architectures, tool use, and function calling.
Experience building internal developer platforms or internal tooling at scale.
Founder or founding engineer experience building infrastructure products.
You will be building an AI Fund idea, not bringing your own startup idea into the program.
The process typically includes a Builder Event or equivalent working conversation, then a 48-hour Builder Challenge, then panel review with AI Fund build leadership.

You have built and shipped production systems that handle real data at real scale.
Ability to work autonomously and make product and architecture decisions without waiting for direction.
Helpful but not required
Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar tool-use frameworks for AI agents.
Deep experience with enterprise infrastructure: databases, APIs, authentication systems, networking constraints.

What you'll build
A task orchestration layer that lets non-technical operators define multi-step workflows across internal systems using natural language.
A monitoring and audit system that logs every agent action for compliance and debugging.
SQL databases, internal APIs, file shares, legacy mainframe interfaces.

$10,000/month for 12 weeks ($30,000 total). This is a contract role during the residency. If the build leads to a funded company, the next step is a founder-level role with meaningful equity upside.
This is a strong opportunity for a builder who wants to take an idea from concept to working product alongside Andrew Ng and the AI Fund team. We are only considering candidates within commuting distance from Mountain View.

If the build leads to a funded company, the next step is a founder-level role with meaningful equity upside.

The goal is to pressure-test the idea quickly and honestly with real users and customers.

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