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  • Design, build, and deploy AI-driven systems into production environments at the intersection of frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
  • Build AI-native interfaces and workflows, integrating LLM-powered systems and agentic architectures.
  • Own problems end-to-end, from initial requirements to rollout, while working directly with customers.

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  • Own AI agents and autonomous workflows powered by LLMs from problem framing through production.
  • Build RAG pipelines, set evaluation and guardrail standards, and optimize for cost and scalability.
  • Work directly with client teams to scope problems and deploy AI systems in their environments.

Acceler is a Forward-Deployed Engineer company that takes AI from pilot to production inside client systems. With a practitioner network of nearly 1,000 engineers across the US and India, it's a high-caliber team built on ownership, trust, and rapid learning.

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  • Build and improve AI agents by writing production code for Voice Agent and Autopilot platforms.
  • Own enterprise AI deployments from initial discovery through go-live, working directly with customers.
  • Design and implement AI workflows, debug agents in production, and turn customer needs into reusable product features.

Supermove builds software and AI for moving companies, providing systems for sales, operations, crews, and billing. The company has raised $30M from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and serves moving businesses across the US, Canada, and Australia.

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  • Design and deploy AI agents that automate sales, operations, and support workflows.
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Stello is an AI transformation firm that partners with mid-market and enterprise companies to automate repetitive work with AI agents. They work across sales, operations, and customer support, deploying solutions inside existing client tools.

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  • Partner directly with clients to turn ambiguous business challenges into clear technical plans and prototypes.
  • Build and deploy AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, APIs, data pipelines, and full-stack products.
  • Engineer reliable agent harnesses, evaluation frameworks, and safeguards to ensure production-ready AI systems.

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$111,000–$180,000/yr
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  • Own the hardest customer problems end-to-end, driving ambiguous challenges from prototype to production.
  • Design and deploy AI-powered workflows with appropriate controls for regulated environments.
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  • Develop, configure, deploy, and optimize AI agents using Cresta's AI platform and tools.
  • Build AI agent integrations with external systems such as APIs, databases, and CRMs to ensure seamless workflow integration.
  • Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to gather technical requirements and translate business needs into AI agent solutions.

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$157,500–$185,000/yr
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  • Build at the customer site: write production-quality agents, integrations, and data pipelines on Redpanda ADP inside the customer’s environment and codebase.
  • Work in unfamiliar territory fast: ramp quickly in new codebases, data environments, and constraints.
  • Own the technical deliverable from design to handoff, ensuring it is documented, maintainable, and running in production.

Redpanda is the first runtime and control plane for agent-data interaction, combining streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with governance for enterprise AI agents. It is a fast-moving, diverse, people-first organization with team members around the globe, trusted by Fortune 500 companies and startups.

US Unlimited PTO 17w maternity 17w paternity

  • Build AI applications, agents, skills, connectors, and workflow automations that solve business problems.
  • Translate ambiguous business needs into AI-native workflows and own engineering from discovery to production launch.
  • Work closely with internal teams to embed AI solutions and drive measurable gains in quality, speed, and cost.

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust. With 100,000+ active communities and about 130 million daily active visitors, it is one of the internet's largest sources of information.

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  • Build AI-powered agents and tools end-to-end: identify problems with clients, prototype quickly, evaluate rigorously, and ship to production.
  • Design and implement LLM integrations including prompt engineering, function calling, structured outputs, and retrieval-augmented workflows.
  • Work directly with clients to understand workflows, validate AI behavior, and iterate toward production quality.

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. With over 1,500 firms in 60 countries and nearly $10 trillion in assets on the platform, Addepar fosters a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

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  • Set the technical direction for AI engineering across the team: agent architecture patterns, evaluation methodology, deployment and monitoring strategies
  • Design the AI platform layer, including shared agent frameworks, tool integrations, and evaluation infrastructure
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  • Build and deploy AI workflows and skills using AIVA
  • Integrate AI solutions with APIs, databases and enterprise systems
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$121,000–$220,000/yr
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  • Lead customer engagements from kickoff to go-live, owning delivery and the working relationship.
  • Map workflows, identify automation opportunities, and translate business logic into agent behaviors.
  • Configure, deploy, and debug agents across customer systems with integration code.

US

  • Own customer deployments end to end, working directly with customers to turn business problems into software.
  • Build automated, normalized pipelines on top of messy real-world supply chain data and shape optimization logic and models.
  • Wire Atomic into customer systems and partner platforms while building interfaces and AI features for plan analysis.

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$275,000–$300,000/yr
US Europe

  • Set technical direction for production agent systems, including orchestration, tool use, memory management, and failure recovery.
  • Build and operate shared foundations: evaluation frameworks, observability, execution controls, and model access with routing and failover.
  • Work with security and platform teams to ensure scoped permissions, data isolation, audit trails, and safe execution of tools and code.

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  • Own AI workflows end to end, from problem definition to production and improvement, for finance processes like invoice-to-payment and reconciliation.
  • Design and build production-grade LLM-based systems with structured outputs, RAG, validation, and monitoring.
  • Collaborate with product, backend engineering, and customers while setting technical direction and using AI coding tools daily.

Jeeves is a stablecoin-native banking platform providing corporate cards, payments, treasury, and spend management for global enterprises. With over $5B in annualized volume and backing from top investors, the company is scaling rapidly and values relentlessness and tackling hard problems.

$86,400–$151,200/yr
Europe

  • Transform an existing AI agent product into scalable, reliable infrastructure.
  • Design and operate the core agent runtime, including orchestration, memory, and multi-agent workflows.
  • Work directly with the founder to set architecture, engineering standards, and development culture.

An early-stage AI infrastructure startup transforming a working AI agent product into scalable infrastructure. As the first engineering hire, you'll work directly with the founder to shape engineering culture and standards from the ground up.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Own the vision for applied AI solutions across Reddit's business and technical functions.
  • Build AI applications, agents, and automations that solve real business problems.
  • Mentor engineers and set technical direction for AI-native workflows.

Reddit is a community of communities, hosting open and authentic conversations on the internet. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, it is one of the internet's largest sources of information.

  • Building multi-agent systems and implementing agent-based workflows and AI automation solutions.
  • Developing and optimizing prompt engineering strategies, including evaluation and iteration.
  • Integrating LLMs and AI models into cloud-based applications and APIs while researching new AI tools.

Software Mind develops impactful software solutions for global companies, partnering with tech giants and unicorns on transformative projects. The company builds cross-functional engineering teams and embraces a culture of openness, respect, grit, and cooperation.

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  • Design, build, and ship production AI solutions on Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry.
  • Build RAG pipelines, custom agents, and enterprise integrations with Python or C# and the Azure data stack.
  • Partner with client stakeholders to gather requirements, evaluate solution quality, and support adoption.

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  • Design and build enterprise-grade agentic AI platforms and LLM-powered applications.
  • Define reference architectures for RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, and enterprise integrations.
  • Implement observability, guardrails, and responsible AI practices for production deployment.

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