Staff AI Engineer focused on building and operating production LLM agent systems. Work across engineering, product, research and security teams mentoring engineers. Stack includes agent orchestration frameworks, cloud model platforms, distributed tracing and observability.
Cobalt runs AI agents in production that test real customer applications. We’re looking for a Staff AI Engineer who has built and operated production agent systems and can help us make them more reliable, secure and cost-efficient.
You’ll set the technical direction for how we design, evaluate, ship and operate agents, and stay hands-on building the foundations our teams use. You’ll work across engineering, product, research and security, mentoring engineers and helping teams turn promising prototypes into dependable production systems.
Your primary focus will be our agent platform and production practices. You’ll also help engineering teams improve how they build software with AI coding agents.
We care more about your depth of experience and engineering judgment than experience with any specific tool.
Cobalt is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role is ($275,000 - $300,000) + equity + benefits. A candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, and certifications. The salary range may differ in other states and may be impacted by proximity to major metropolitan cities.
Cobalt (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer, and we want the best available persons for every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws and providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.
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