### What you’ll do You'll build the core of what makes item work and define how companies will run in an agent-first world. Day to day, that looks like: * Inventing new patterns for how humans and agents work together * Architecting systems for AI to run real business processes at scale * Experimenting fast with new models, tools, and approaches as the space evolves * Talking directly to customers, to translate their problems into features The problems are genuinely unsolved: how should agents operate in the workplace?
How do you make them reliable, trustworthy, useful? How do they interface with humans in a way that feels natural? What does agent to agent collaboration look like across businesses? We're running **100k+ agentic tasks per month** and figuring this out every day. ### Who this role is for This role is for engineers who want to set the engineering foundation, not just inherit one. You're **independent**. You don't wait around for specs or permission.
You see what needs to happen and you make it happen. You care about **craft**. The details matter to you across the whole stack, from data models to how a button feels when you click it. You ship work you're actually proud of and have a track record of doing so.
You have
- a **high bar**.
- You hold yourself to a standard higher than what's asked.
- You're comfortable making calls with incomplete information, and you'd rather ask forgiveness than wait for buy-in.
- You're **AI-forward**.
- Not just curious - already building with it.
- You're a power user of Cursor or Claude Code, constantly exploring new tools, and you're genuinely excited about how AI changes the way you work.
- Technically, you've been deep in **Next.js / TypeScript** for years.
- If you’ve built **agents or multi-agent systems** before, you’d be a great fit. **Founding experience, at any level, is a strong plus.** ### Why this role This role gives you the rare chance to ship AI agents into production that are used by top startups to actually run their business.
- We're building the system that businesses run on: a platform that **defines how humans and agents collaborate**.
- You'll be one of the first engineers shaping it.
- This is a front-row seat to a high-growth startup at the bleeding edge of AI.
- You'll explore new models, tools, and approaches as they emerge - and actually ship them to production, not just prototypes.
- You'll shape the engineering culture, the technical decisions, and the standards that define item for years to come.
- The kind of experience that sets you up to become a technical leader or start something of your own. **Design is in our DNA.** Our co-founder Andres is a second-time founder with a design background.
- Craft is a core advantage here, not a nice-to-have.
- You'll learn from people who've built companies before, not just worked at them.
- We have real traction, funding from top VCs, and a team that moves fast without burning out. **Low ego, high trust.** ### Tech Stack * Next.js / TypeScript * PostgreSQL * Vercel AI SDK * AI-native tooling: we build with Cursor and Claude Code daily
