Fieldguide
Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents)
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · San Francisco, CA
Employer listed it 8 days ago · Added 5 days ago
First listed 8 days ago and still open.
Salary
$225,000 to $250,000
Location
Hybrid · San Francisco, CA
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
Published by the employer
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around San Francisco, CA, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "San Francisco, CA, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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About the role
About Us
Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets by automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners—specifically in cybersecurity, privacy, and financial audits. We build software for the people who enable trust between businesses.
We're based in San Francisco, CA, and backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, and more. Over 50 of the top 100 accounting and consulting firms trust Fieldguide to power mission-critical work.
About the Role
The Foundation Agents team stewards the long-horizon agents powering the Fieldguide AI platform. We work at the frontier of AI product development: agent knowledge, evaluations, and improving quality and reliability at scale. As a Senior Software Engineer, Agents, you'll take ownership of how the team measures and improves agent quality, and help drive the platform forward.
What You’ll Own
Evals strategy and error-analysis practice, shaping how the team measures and improves agent quality
Design and build agent knowledge and evaluation infrastructure for Fieldguide's long-horizon agents
Lead error analysis on agent behavior, turning findings into concrete platform-level reliability improvements
Build and harden backend systems that support agent execution, evaluation, and monitoring at scale
Drive the AI platform's reliability and quality roadmap forward, working closely with the broader AI team
Mentor engineers on the team, raising the bar on eval rigor and error-analysis practice
Who You Are
You've built AI products end-to-end, with real ownership over agent quality outcomes
You think in evals and error analysis as a discipline; you dig into why an agent failed and fix the systemic cause
You're strong in the backend and comfortable owning platform-level systems
You're motivated by long-horizon agents that do real work in production
You multiply the people around you, not just your own output
Experience
Must-have:
1+ years working specifically on agents
Strong experience working on an AI platform
Demonstrated experience building evals and performing error analysis
Backend engineering experience
Requirements
- ·Frontend experience
- ·Distributed systems experience
- ·What Should Excite You
- ·Long-horizon agents: Working on agents that do real, sustained work
- ·Evaluation as a craft: Evals and error analysis are core to how this team improves quality, not an afterthought
Benefits
- ·Competitive compensation with equity
- ·Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- ·Flexible time off and work schedules
- ·Technology reimbursements
- ·Twice-yearly in-person offsites across the U.S.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Fieldguide, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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