Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents)
FieldGuide · San Francisco, CA
About this role
**Fieldguide — Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents)** **About Fieldguide** 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 the next generation of agents at Fieldguide, solving increasingly complex customer use cases - Perform **error analysis** on agent behavior and turn findings into concrete quality improvements - Build **backend systems** that support agent execution, evaluation, and monitoring - Partner with senior engineers 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 - 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 - Distributed systems experience --- **What Should Excite You** - **Long-horizon agents**: real, sustained work—not one-shot demos - **Evaluation as a craft**: evals and error analysis are core to how the team improves quality - **Platform-level impact**: your work shapes reliability and quality across every agent built on top - **Frontier problems**: open challenges in agent reliability without established playbooks --- **Benefits** - Competitive compensation with equity - Comprehensive health and wellness benefits - Flexible time off and work schedules - Technology reimbursements - 401(k) plan - Twice-yearly in-person offsites across the U.S. - Wellness benefits starting on your first day --- **Our Values** - **Fearless** — Inspire and break down seemingly impossible walls - **Fast** — Launch fast with excellence; iterate to perfection - **Lovable** — Deliver happiness and 11-star experiences - **Owners** — Execute and run the business with ownership - **Win-win** — Create mutual value and earn trust for life - **Inclusive** — Scale the best ideas with inclusive teams
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