Open-Source AI Platform Engineer (MTS)

OpenClaw; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenClaw Foundation is seeking exceptional Members of Technical Staff to serve as full-time maintainers, builders, and stewards of the OpenClaw ecosystem. This is not a traditional software engineering role; you will operate as both an open-source maintainer and product engineer, designing, building, and evolving core platform components while supporting the contributor community.

You will ship production code, review contributions, guide architecture, and help set technical standards for the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in modern software development practices.
• Experience building and maintaining production systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, backend platforms.
• Experience working with Git and modern software development workflows.
• Passion for open source and developer ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new platform capabilities across the OpenClaw ecosystem.
• Develop production-quality software used by researchers, enterprises, and end users.
• Build systems that support large-scale AI agent deployment and orchestration.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, scalability, and usability.
• Contribute across the stack as Foundation priorities evolve.
• Maintain Open Source Projects: review PRs, guide contributors, manage issues.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

APIs / backend

Git workflows

Technical communication

Open source passion

Job description

OpenClaw Foundation is seeking exceptional Members of Technical Staff to serve as full-time maintainers, builders, and stewards of the OpenClaw ecosystem. This is not a traditional software engineering role; you will operate as both an open-source maintainer and product engineer, designing, building, and evolving core platform components while supporting the contributor community.

You will ship production code, review contributions, guide architecture, and help set technical standards for the