Fieldguide
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 7 days ago · Added 2 days ago
First listed 7 days ago and still open.
Salary
$190,000 to $220,000
Location
Hybrid · San Francisco, CA
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
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. If you're excited by long-horizon agents that do real-world work, this is the team for you.
What You’ll Own
Build and maintain agent knowledge and evaluation infrastructure for Fieldguide's long-horizon agents
Build our next generation of agents at Fieldguide, solving increasingly complex customer use cases
Perform error analysis on agent behavior and help turn findings into concrete quality improvements
Build backend systems that support agent execution, evaluation, and monitoring
Partner with senior engineers on the team to execute the platform's reliability and quality roadmap
Who You Are
You've built AI products, not just called an LLM API
You're curious about evals and error analysis. You want to understand why an agent failed, not just that it did
You're comfortable in the backend, with a bias toward reliable systems
You're motivated by long-horizon agents that do real work in production
Experience
Must-have:
Hands-on experience building AI products
Working knowledge of evals and error analysis
Backend engineering experience
Nice-to-have:
Platform engineering skills
Frontend experience
Requirements
- ·Frontend experience
- ·Distributed systems experience
- ·What Should Excite You
- ·Long-horizon agents: working on agents that do real, sustained work and not one-shot demos
- ·Evaluation as a craft: Evals and error analysis are core to how this team improves quality
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 3d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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