Build agentic AI that actually runs in production
We're a small, senior team shipping autonomous agents into real businesses — banks, insurers, supply chains. No demos that die in a deck. If you want ownership and hard problems, read on.
- Remote-first, senior-only team
- Real production work, not prototypes
- Profit share on what you ship
- Direct access to the founders
What you actually get here
We're not for everyone. We're for engineers who want the hard, ownership-heavy version of this job.
Ship to production
Your agents run against live ERP, CRM, and core systems — not a sandbox that gets shelved after the pitch.
Senior-only peers
No hand-holding and no babysitting. Everyone here can architect, build, and own an engagement end to end.
Range, fast
One quarter you're tuning a retrieval pipeline; the next you're designing approval gates for a regulated workflow.
Real constraints
On-prem, VPC, and air-gapped deployments. You'll learn to build AI that holds up to a SOC auditor, not just a benchmark.
Influence the firm
Tooling, hiring bar, which engagements we take — your judgment shapes the company, not just your tickets.
Upside that's real
Profit share tied to the work you deliver, plus equity-style upside as Automatic.co grows alongside its siblings.
The kind of engineer we keep hiring
The strongest people on this team aren't the ones with the longest model trivia — they're the ones who reason clearly about failure modes, write so others can follow, and ship something testable in week one.
You're comfortable in ambiguity, allergic to hype, and you'd rather kill a bad idea early than defend it in a meeting. You care that an agent's decision can be traced and reversed, not just that the demo looked impressive.
- Strong systems thinking over framework name-dropping
- Writes decisions down; defaults to async
- Owns outcomes, asks for help early
- Treats safety and lineage as part of the build
How hiring works
Short, respectful, and built around the work you'd actually do — start to offer in about two weeks.
Intro call
Thirty minutes with a founder on what you've built, what you want next, and whether the fit is real before either side invests more.
Working session
A paid take-home or live pairing on a realistic agent problem. We grade judgment and clarity, not memorized algorithms.
Final round
Two founders, a debrief on your working session, and your questions for us. We answer everything — comp, runway, roadmap.
Offer
A clear written offer with comp, profit share, and your first engagement spelled out. No exploding deadlines, no games.
Us vs. the typical AI gig
An honest look at the trade-offs before you apply.
| A typical AI role | Automatic.co | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | Demos and decks | Agents running in production |
| Team size | Layers of management | Founders and senior peers, flat |
| Ownership | A slice of a ticket | An engagement, end to end |
| Environment | Toy sandbox | On-prem, VPC, audited |
| Upside | Salary only | Salary + profit share + growth |
Frequently asked questions
Is the team remote?
Yes — remote-first across U.S. time zones, with quarterly in-person working weeks. We optimize for written clarity and async decisions, not seat time.
Do I need prior agent or LLM experience?
No. We hire strong engineers who reason well about systems and failure modes. The agent-specific patterns — orchestration, guardrails, eval harnesses — you'll learn fast on real projects.
What does the interview look like?
A short intro call, a paid take-home or live working session on a realistic problem, and a final round with two of the founders. No leetcode, no whiteboard trivia — we test the work you'd actually do.
What's the comp philosophy?
Competitive cash benchmarked to senior agency and product roles, profit share tied to engagements you ship, and real upside as the firm grows. We pay for judgment, not for hours logged.
Before you apply
Get a feel for the work, the firm, and how we ship.
Think you'd fit? Tell us what you've built.
No formal opening required. Send a note to [email protected] or book a call — if there's a match, we'll move fast.