Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Kernels)

Highlights

• Build agents wired into engineering workflows to accelerate frontier tokens.
• Ship execution environments where agents verify work on real hardware.
• Own bottlenecks end-to-end from idea to tools engineers use daily.

What they offer

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose
• Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
• Daily lunch and dinner in office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
• Significant equity

Ideal candidate

High-agency builder who thrives in ambiguity and wants founder-like end-to-end ownership. Excited by intense, business-critical work using agents to transform how hardware is built.

Requirements

• 1-5+ years building and shipping software end to end, ideally at a fast-moving startup
• Built agents for complex, multi-step tasks including tool design, long-context management, evals, and failure analysis
• Strong software engineer who has built reliable systems such as distributed systems or developer tooling
• Use coding agents heavily, read transcripts closely, and fix the system when an agent is confidently wrong
• High agency in unfamiliar domains with ability to find the real problem and drive it forward
• Product sense, design taste, and extreme attention to detail