Staff Engineer, AI Agent Platform & Systems

getbasis.ai; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness benefits

Unlimited PTO & holidays

Daily meal stipends

401(k) retirement plan

In‑office perks

Job summary

Basis is seeking a Member of Technical Staff in New York City to tackle dynamic, high‑impact problems across product, agent, and platform teams. You’ll design context ontologies, build data pipelines, and contribute to long‑horizon agent systems with ownership and deep systems thinking.

You’ll collaborate across pods that reform quarterly, and you’ll embrace cross‑functional work in a hands‑on environment. Ideal candidates thrive on principled problem solving, are comfortable with

Qualifications

• Our Engineers tackle novel, high-impact problems with ownership and fundamentals.
• Experience designing scalable data pipelines and agent-oriented systems is a plus.
• Strong foundation in systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration required.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve context ontology and data pipelines for agents.
• Work across product engineering, agent engineering, platform and data teams.
• Own outcomes and contribute to RP-driven project delivery.

Skills

Systems thinking

Ownership

Problem decomposition

Cross-domain collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering

Tools

Distributed systems

Python

Job description

Basis is seeking a Member of Technical Staff in New York City to tackle dynamic, high‑impact problems across product, agent, and platform teams. You’ll design context ontologies, build data pipelines, and contribute to long‑horizon agent systems with ownership and deep systems thinking.

You’ll collaborate across pods that reform quarterly, and you’ll embrace cross‑functional work in a hands‑on environment. Ideal candidates thrive on principled problem solving, are comfortable with