Lead AI Architect: Agent Systems & Behavior

Artisan

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 250,000 - 325,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Artisan is a hands-on technical-lead role in San Francisco focusing on building an ambitious agentic AI architecture. You will own the AI system, design agent behavior, multi-agent coordination, and robust production execution. Expect high-impact engineering challenges and leadership in a private, frontier project.

The role emphasizes architectural ownership, tough problem solving, and collaboration with product and infrastructure teams to ship reliable software.

Qualifications

  • Experience building and shipping substantial agentic systems.
  • Deep practical experience with LLM tool use, planning, context engineering, and evaluations.
  • Hands-on experience with browser or computer automation in an agentic system.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement agent execution loops, planning, tool interfaces, and verification.
  • Build multi-agent delegation, coordination, context sharing, and result synthesis.

Skills

Python
TypeScript
LLM tool use
Planning
Context engineering
Evaluations
Agent architecture

Tools

LLM tooling
Browser automation

Job description

Artisan is a hands-on technical-lead role in San Francisco focusing on building an ambitious agentic AI architecture. You will own the AI system, design agent behavior, multi-agent coordination, and robust production execution. Expect high-impact engineering challenges and leadership in a private, frontier project.

The role emphasizes architectural ownership, tough problem solving, and collaboration with product and infrastructure teams to ship reliable software.

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