Founding Engineer - AI Agents & Infra

Primitive Labs AI Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Job summary

Primitive Labs is building AI systems that are human-aligned. We are seeking a founding engineer to own areas from design through production, spanning infrastructure, agent architectures, evaluation systems, and developer tooling.

You will ship agents that model human behavior and act across real experiences, collaborating with a small, fast-moving team that values ownership and impact. Join us to push code and research forward.

Qualifications

• Shipped full-stack products to production.
• Operate with high autonomy: identify what needs to exist and build it.
• An agent-native developer who both uses and designs the tools.
• Effective at driving AI through the SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Own design and delivery across the full stack.
• Work with our design partners and customers to turn their feedback into new releases.
• Contribute to the systems and SDLC that shape how we develop and operate as we scale.
• Build new agent architectures, drawing on computational cognitive science.

Skills

Shipped full-stack products

Autonomy

Agent-native developer

AI through SDLC

Job description

Primitive Labs is building AI systems that are human-aligned. We are seeking a founding engineer to own areas from design through production, spanning infrastructure, agent architectures, evaluation systems, and developer tooling.

You will ship agents that model human behavior and act across real experiences, collaborating with a small, fast-moving team that values ownership and impact. Join us to push code and research forward.