Founding Engineer

About us - At Applied Labs, we’re building the platform for reliable AI agents that automate complex work. We are primarily an in-person company based in New York City. Why this could be a fit - Trajectory: 10x growth in 4 months; strong momentum. - Ownership: High autonomy; own systems end‑to‑end. - Challenging problems: Design novel, reliable solutions for complex tasks. - Team quality: Early team from Harvard, MIT, Gemini, Meta. What you’ll do - Own core agent systems from idea to production: orchestration, tool‑use, planning, memory, evals. - Architect for reliability: design agent loops and guardrails that hold up under real‑world edge cases. - Ship fast, learn faster: run experiments, measure outcomes, iterate weekly. - Collaborate tightly with the founders in NYC to set product direction, quality bars, and engineering culture. - Set the blueprint: your design decisions, documents, and code style become the standard for future hires. You might thrive in thi