About the role
structured by ORIKairos launches Telos, a learning layer for long-horizon AI workflows, benchmarked on τ-benchRead more →←CareersAbout KairosKairos is building specialized intelligence.We are backed by Y Combinator, and work with organizations in regulated industries to build domain expert-level agents that outperform frontier…
What you will do
- You will work directly with customers to turn messy requirements into robust, end-to-end agents.
- You will own each system from architecture through deployment, including integrations, evaluation, and privacy.
- You will formalize expert judgment into evaluations, identify where behavior breaks, and build the feedback loops that make reliability repeatable.
- You will leverage and extend the Kairos platform, developing techniques that make long-horizon agents more capable, reliable, and verifiable on judgment-heavy work.
What they are looking for
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and deep Python/backend experience
- Exceptional communication skills and confidence engaging with enterprise customers.
- Experience with RL, fine-tuning, and retrieval systems.
- Familiarity working across enterprise cloud infrastructure, CRMs, and internal data platforms.
- Strong intuition for product and UX.
- A high bar for correctness and production reliability.
Nice to have
- Experience with long-horizon agents or multi-step LLM workflows.
- You’ve published AI/ML papers at conferences.
- Previous experience as a founder or founding engineer.
Full posting text
Fall 2026
