AI Agent Engineer – Open Source & Eval

Sail

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+
Application generator

Don’t send a generic resume — generate a resume and cover letter tailored to this exact role.

Get past ATS filters

Job summary

Sail is advancing AI with a focus on agentic systems and scalable evaluation. This role centers on designing custom evals for multi-turn, massively parallel agents and building harnesses to improve open models.

You’ll also help automate prompt optimization to push performance in a competitive landscape. We’re seeking someone with hands-on experience building AI agents and familiarity with open source models who can turn billions of tokens into better, more reliable answers through thoughtful

Qualifications

  • Experience building AI agents.
  • Familiarity with open source models.
  • Ability to design evals for multi-turn, parallel agents.

Responsibilities

  • Design custom evals for multi-turn, massively parallel agents.
  • Build agent harnesses to improve open model performance.

Skills

AI agents
Open source models
Prompt optimization
Agent harnesses
Multi-turn evaluation

Tools

DSPy
Deepseek
Qwen
Llama
Claude Code

Job description

Sail is advancing AI with a focus on agentic systems and scalable evaluation. This role centers on designing custom evals for multi-turn, massively parallel agents and building harnesses to improve open models.

You’ll also help automate prompt optimization to push performance in a competitive landscape. We’re seeking someone with hands-on experience building AI agents and familiarity with open source models who can turn billions of tokens into better, more reliable answers through thoughtful

Get your free, confidential resume review.

or drag and drop your file here.

Similar jobs

Similar jobs worth comparing

Member of Technical Staff - Agent Engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Agent Engineering

Sail • San Francisco (CA)

On-site
USD 150,000 - 230,000
Senior AI Agent Engineer - Open Models & Evaluation Systems
Senior AI Agent Engineer - Open Models & Evaluation Systems

Sail Research • San Francisco (CA)

On-site
Confidential
Member of Technical Staff - Agent Engineering
Member of Technical Staff - Agent Engineering

Sail Research • San Francisco (CA)

On-site
USD 100,000 - 130,000
All meals provided
Top-notch workspace with Studio Displays
Relaxed office atmosphere with a visiting cat
Lead AI Agent Engineer
Lead AI Agent Engineer

Improving • Dallas (TX), Northern (KY)

Hybrid
USD 140,000 - 210,000
Applied AI Engineer — Evaluation & Benchmarking
Applied AI Engineer — Evaluation & Benchmarking

Sable • San Francisco (CA)

On-site
USD 140,000 - 190,000
Remote AI Agent Evaluation Engineer
Remote AI Agent Evaluation Engineer

EPAM Systems Inc • United States

Remote
USD 140,000 - 190,000
Partner AI Architect for AWS SAIL & Automation
Partner AI Architect for AWS SAIL & Automation

Amazon • Seattle (WA)

On-site
USD 131,000 - 178,000
Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
+1
AI Systems Engineer — Build Next-Gen Agent Platform
AI Systems Engineer — Build Next-Gen Agent Platform

Cognition (Software Development Applications) • San Francisco (CA)

On-site
USD 260,000 - 300,000
Medical, Dental, Vision
401(k) Match
Private chef
+2
Staff AI Systems Engineer - LLM, Evaluation, Equity
Staff AI Systems Engineer - LLM, Evaluation, Equity

Maven • San Jose (CA)

On-site
USD 180,000 - 240,000
Physical Health Benefits
Mental Health Benefits
Emotional Health Benefits
+5
AI Evaluation Engineer: RL Environments & Agents
AI Evaluation Engineer: RL Environments & Agents

MaxIT Consulting - Max Corporate Group • San Francisco (CA)

On-site
USD 140,000 - 210,000