Staff Software Engineer - Agent Core
Staff Software Engineer - Agent Core at Tasklet — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Tasklet
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 280000–380000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
IMPORTANT: the best way to apply is by submitting a video application by following the instructions on our jobs page here.
At Tasklet, we're building the cloud agent OS for work. Our agents are a complex orchestration of LLMs, virtual machines, storage infrastructure, external integrations, triggers, and other systems that all work together to make AI feel like magic.
We're looking for a staff-level software engineer to help us design & build the next generation of our core agent infrastructure. This is a leadership role with generous equity intended for a truly exceptional candidate.
Compensation
$280k → $380k salary
0.4% → 0.8% equity
Competitive benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, 4 weeks PTO, free lunch, etc)
Responsibilities
Own the architecture & continuous improvement of core parts of our agent's technical infrastructure
Identify, design, build, ship, and improve new agent features
Become a world expert at context engineering, including following the latest research & tech. Do whatever is needed to keep us at the frontier.
Define abstractions that enable the entire team to ship rapidly and reliably on top of your code
Step up to solve challenges wherever needed—this is a startup, and we're all in it together!
Our ideal candidate
Very strong CS fundamentals & a systems engineering or distributed systems background
Exceptional, AI-native programming skills using an ultra-modern stack
You were the technical lead for a large scale cloud system that's currently in production
You're AGI-pilled & deep into relevant AI tech. You're currently building an AI agent system.
You could easily be an engineering leader on an agent product at a top AI lab — but you want the outsized impact of a startup and you believe Tasklet can win.
Read more about our company and apply via video by following the directions on our careers page.