Engineer in Residence: Enterprise AI Agents Behind the Firewall

AI Fund; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 101,556 - 121,644; Full time

Job summary

AI Fund is seeking an Engineer in Residence for a 12-week on-site residency in Mountain View, California. This role involves building AI agents that automate operational tasks within corporate firewalls. Candidates should possess strong backend engineering skills and experience with enterprise infrastructure. Compensation is $10,000/month during the residency, with potential for a founder-level role if the build leads to a funded company. Only candidates within commuting distance from Mountain View will be considered.

Qualifications

• You have built and shipped production systems that handle real data at real scale.
• Experience with databases, APIs, authentication systems, and networking constraints.
• Ability to make product and architecture decisions without waiting for direction.

Responsibilities

• Design the core agent architecture for constrained network environments.
• Build connectors for enterprise data sources: SQL databases and internal APIs.
• Develop a natural language task definition layer translating operator intent.

Skills

Strong backend engineering skills

Deep experience with enterprise infrastructure

Hands-on experience with LLMs

Understanding of security and compliance requirements

Ability to work autonomously

Job description

AI Fund is seeking an Engineer in Residence for a 12-week on-site residency in Mountain View, California. This role involves building AI agents that automate operational tasks within corporate firewalls. Candidates should possess strong backend engineering skills and experience with enterprise infrastructure. Compensation is $10,000/month during the residency, with potential for a founder-level role if the build leads to a funded company. Only candidates within commuting distance from Mountain View will be considered.