AI Engineer

The Sentience Company; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Ibrido; USD 140.000 - 220.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Full benefits

Williamsburg office

Meals provided

Health stipend

Descrizione del lavoro

The Sentience Company seeks a senior software engineer to tackle high-impact engineering problems across our memory and agent architecture. You will help build user-simulation tech and a platform to operate an agentic version of the user.

We value 3–10 years shipping production software, passion for AI and human psychology, and experience with Rust, Python, or TypeScript. Expect a collaborative, in-person, fast-paced environment in NYC.

Competenze

• 3–10 years shipping production software, startup or founder background preferred.
• Passion across domains and unique strengths beyond coding.
• Experience with Rust, Python, TypeScript, React or AI tooling is a plus.

Mansioni

• Contribute to memory and agent architecture projects.
• Build platform to create and operate the agentic version of the product.
• Collaborate on the Sentience communication platform with cross-functional teams.

Conoscenze

Production software

Rust

Python

TypeScript

React

RAG/VectorDBs

Agent tooling

LLMs in dev

Vim/Emacs

Descrizione del lavoro

Solve hard technical problems across our state-of-the-art memory + agent architecture. Build the best user simulation tech and the platform to operate the most humanlike personal agent in the world.

What will you do?

You'll work directly on high-impact engineering problems across:

• Our state-of-the-art memory + agent architecture.
  • Build the best user simulation tech in existence: construct systems that mirror cognition, writing style, and memory.
  • Build the platform to create and operate the agentic version of you.
• The Sentience communication platform.
  • Build the Human ↔ Sentience and Sentience ↔ Sentience communication platform. Build the network for humans and their Sentiences to interact.

About you

We don't hold any of these requirements as hard blockers, and you should reach out if you are excited — even if you don't fit any/all of these.

• 3–10 years shipping production software (startups + former founders preferred).
  • If you want to be a founder someday, we want to give you the skills and exposure to do that.
• Deep passion, obsession, spike in anything — video games, music, sports. Tell us what you are uniquely passionate about.
• Experience (+ deep personal interest) in at least one of: Rust, Python, TypeScript, React, RAG/VectorDBs, building an agent with tool calling.
• Use LLMs in all aspects of your dev workflow: Claude Code or Cursor power user.
  • Bonus for Vim / Emacs (or equivalent).
• Interest in the human mind, neuroscience, human psychology.
• Fascinated by AI systems/optimizations. Excited about integrating AI research into a product millions of people will use every day.

Compensation

We benchmark against comparable companies and offer 95th+ percentile cash/equity packages. We offer:

• Full benefits, including the best healthcare we could choose.
• NYC, 5 days in person in our beautiful Williamsburg office.
• All meals comped.
• $200 monthly health stipend for commuting, gym, therapy, or whatever else helps you stay healthy and productive.

Things we like…

• Build together, in-person. Highly collaborative, flat structure, no bureaucracy.
• Work hard, play hard, and recharge as a team.
• Meditate and exercise. Take care of our mind and body.
• Release new software every week. The quick shall inherit the earth.

Our process is fast and straightforward. We'll chat about your values and what sparks joy, and then work on building something together.

Email [e-mail] . We love to hear about what you're uniquely good at and passionate about (can be anything — poker, music, video games, sports, making emulators, etc.).

We're 5 days in person, in Williamsburg, NYC.