Systems Engineer (Infrastructure)

Adapt; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in an early-stage company

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Top-tier equipment

Access to frontier AI tools

Daily catered lunch

Job summary

Adapt is building the company-wide agent platform, enabling agents to run code securely across distributed systems. You will own sandbox orchestration, storage, and reliability, delivering customer-focused infrastructure improvements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with customers and engineers to solve complex problems, with equity and frontier AI access as part of the package. Candidates may work from our Presidio office or remotely for the right fit.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering experience with infrastructure ownership
• Experience operating multi-tenant compute systems
• Fluent in Rust or Go with TypeScript or willingness to learn

Responsibilities

• Build and scale secure, multi-tenant sandbox orchestration and distributed storage
• Improve reliability, performance, and cost of customer workloads
• Own deployments, observability, runbooks, and on-call support for the systems you ship
• Work directly with customers and engineers to solve problems across infrastructure and product
• Make clear architecture decisions and ship in small increments

Skills

Rust or Go

TypeScript

Linux fundamentals

Cloud

Kubernetes

Multi-tenant isolation

Tools

Kubernetes

Firecracker / gVisor

Job description

Adapt is the company agent platform that makes every company instantly AI native. We believe every company will have a central company agent. A powerful, universal AI harness that works across the systems, tools, data, and people that make up the business. One place to ask, build, analyze, automate, and act across the company’s internal operations.

Today, people connect the dots between disconnected tools. We’re building the infrastructure that lets the company agent do that work through persistent memory, secure compute, deep integrations, reusable skills, and enterprise controls.

Adapt was founded by Jim Benton, Sean Smith, and John Andrew Entwistle, repeat founders and operators who have built and scaled successful technology companies. Jim co-founded ClearSlide, led Apollo.io, and ran Chorus.ai through its $575 million sale to ZoomInfo. Sean founded GlareDB and helped build Coder’s early infrastructure. John Andrew co-founded Coder and founded Wander, the leading luxury travel marketplace.

We’ve raised $13 million from Headline, Activant, Susa Ventures, and accomplished operators and angels. Adapt offers the ownership and influence of joining at the earliest stage, backed by the experience, ambition, and capital to build an enduring company. You’ll work directly with the founders and help make foundational decisions about the product, culture, and company future employees will inherit.

About the role

You’ll own the systems that let Adapt agents run code and complete real work, from sandbox orchestration to storage and core infrastructure. This is a product-focused engineering role. You’ll work with customers, ship user-facing improvements, and measure success through reliability, performance, and cost.

We prefer candidates who can work from our Presidio office in San Francisco. We're open to remote work or relocation for the right candidate.

What you will do

• Build and scale secure, multi-tenant sandbox orchestration and distributed storage.
• Improve the reliability, performance, and cost of customer workloads.
• Own deployments, observability, runbooks, and on-call support for the systems you ship.
• Work directly with customers and engineers to solve problems across infrastructure and product.
• Make clear architecture decisions, ship in small increments, and help teammates grow.

About you

• 4+ years of engineering experience, with substantial infrastructure ownership, ideally at an early-stage company.
• Experience operating multi-tenant compute systems, including isolation, reliability, and cost.
• Strong Rust or Go skills, Linux fundamentals, and fluency in TypeScript or an appetite to learn.
• Hands-on cloud, Kubernetes, and container or microVM experience, including runtimes such as Firecracker or gVisor.
• Equity in an early-stage company.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• Top-tier equipment and the peripherals you need.
• Access to frontier AI tools and Adapt.
• Daily catered lunch, snacks, and coffee in our Presidio office.

San Francisco Bay Area base salary is $200,000-$300,000. Actual compensation depends on skills, experience, and location. Total compensation includes equity and benefits and may include bonus or variable pay. Recruiting can share location-specific details.

Adapt is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Contact recruiting for reasonable accommodations. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification.