Lead AI Architect — Agentic Systems & Behavior

Artisan AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Equity

Job summary

Artisan AI in San Francisco is seeking a hands‑on technical lead to design and build the underlying AI architecture for ambitious agentic systems. This individual‑contributor role carries broad technical ownership and focuses on robust, production‑grade software.

You will work across agent behavior, multi‑agent coordination, context, and evaluation, collaborating with product and infrastructure engineers. You should enjoy solving uncertain problems and delivering careful engineering.

Qualifications

• Built and shipped a substantial agentic system with production use or rigorous open‑source work.
• Deep practical experience with LLM tool use, planning, context engineering and evaluations.
• Hands‑on browser or computer automation in an agentic system with robust recovery.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement agent execution loops, planning strategies, tool interfaces, and verification.
• Build delegation, coordination, and context sharing for multi‑agent systems.
• Ensure reliable execution with checkpoints, recovery, and human intervention where needed.
• Improve retrieval, context construction, persistent state, and skill representation.
• Build realistic evaluations and turn failures into measurable improvements.
• Make model and tooling decisions and balance build‑versus‑buy options.
• Provide technical leadership and set engineering standards for the AI system.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

LLM tool use

Agent architecture

Asynchronous services

Job description

Artisan AI in San Francisco is seeking a hands‑on technical lead to design and build the underlying AI architecture for ambitious agentic systems. This individual‑contributor role carries broad technical ownership and focuses on robust, production‑grade software.

You will work across agent behavior, multi‑agent coordination, context, and evaluation, collaborating with product and infrastructure engineers. You should enjoy solving uncertain problems and delivering careful engineering.