12 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
Responsibilities
- Build core systems that enable AI agents to autonomously test and reason about complex applications.
- Design, prototype, and ship agentic browser and device automation components.
- Define architecture, roadmap, and company culture in collaboration with the founders.
- Experiment with context engineering techniques to improve agent reasoning and adaptability.
- Move AI systems from prototype to production with high ownership and autonomy.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of startup experience in the AI domain.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and a product mindset.
- Proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
- Deep understanding of context engineering and prompt-based reasoning systems.
- Comfort working across backend, frontend, and AI interfaces.
- Familiarity with browser automation, mobile automation, or QA tooling is a plus.
- Mission-driven, curious, resourceful, collaborative, and comfortable in an early-stage environment.
Benefits
- Join Shiplight AI as its first founding engineer and help shape the product and technical vision.
- Receive generous equity and play a defining role in the company’s success.
- Hybrid work preferred in the San Francisco Bay Area, with face-to-face collaboration for the early team.
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About Pear VC
Pear VC is an early-stage venture capital partnership that invests at pre-seed and seed, pairing capital with hands-on support, mentorship, and programs like its PearX accelerator for founding teams. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, it backs software and technology startups across categories. Its portfolio includes companies that reached the public markets, such as DoorDash and Guardant Health.