zaimler
Founding AI Engineer — Agent Runtime ($100k-$150k + Equity) at Pareto Agent
San Francisco, CA · Senior
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About the role
- Unlike standard LLM wrappers, you will architect a deterministic, policy-driven runtime that governs agent actions in real-world negotiations.
- Reporting to a serial-entrepreneur CTO, you'll ensure every AI decision protects revenue and follows strict guardrails.
- Founding opportunity as the first engineer, offering significant 1.5% equity and direct influence on the technical architecture of a $3.5M-funded startup.
Responsibilities
- Design and own the multi-stage agent pipeline, including intent classification, context assembly, and reasoning loops to enable reliable autonomous decision-making.
- Proven experience building production-grade LLM systems where reliability was mission-critical, moving beyond "it usually works" to deterministic outcomes.
- Self-directed engineer comfortable in early-stage environments who can diagnose whether failures stem from prompts, system design, or LLM limitations.
- Company Description: Pareto Agent - VC-backed AI startup building a policy-driven runtime for high-stakes commercial workflows.
- Tackle deep systems engineering challenges by moving beyond simple chat interfaces to build a self-improving, safe-by-construction execution system for high-stakes commerce.
- Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
Requirements
- Strong systems thinking with professional proficiency in typed languages such as TypeScript, Go, or Rust for building scalable, type-safe infrastructure.
- The ideal candidate:
Compensation
- Salary: $100k-$150k + Equity
Benefits
- $100k-$150k + Equity
- I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career.
Company info
- Pareto Agent - VC-backed AI startup building a policy-driven runtime for high-stakes commercial workflows.
- Build a robust event-driven runtime and evaluation framework to enforce commercial policies and catch regressions before they impact customers.
- This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers.
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