Cadre
Software Engineer
About Us
Mechanize is a startup focused on building high-fidelity virtual work environments and benchmarks. Our goal is to enable AI agents to learn and master real-world jobs, starting with software engineering. Ultimately, we aim for the complete automation of all work and the entire economy, unlocking trillions in global economic value. Founded in 2025, we are a small team of six employees.
Why Join Us?
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 2-4 years of full-stack software engineering experience to join our team.
What You'll Do
Must-haves:
We are located in San Francisco. While on-site is preferred, we will consider exceptional remote candidates.
About Us
Mechanize is a startup focused on building high-fidelity virtual work environments and benchmarks. Our goal is to enable AI agents to learn and master real-world jobs, starting with software engineering. Ultimately, we aim for the complete automation of all work and the entire economy, unlocking trillions in global economic value. Founded in 2025, we are a small team of six employees.
Why Join Us?
- Market-leading compensation: We offer a base salary of $250K with competitive equity that has substantial upside.
- Ground-floor opportunity: You'll help build the foundational technology for AI agents that master real-world software engineering tasks.
- Backed by established AI leaders: Our investors include Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Jeff Dean, and Patrick Collison.
- Direct technical influence: You will shape product development, make key architectural decisions, and help grow the engineering team from the ground up.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with 2-4 years of full-stack software engineering experience to join our team.
What You'll Do
- Build the core simulation platform.
- Create realistic containerized environments for AI agents to complete software engineering tasks.
- Design evaluation scenarios by defining meaningful tasks, grading criteria, and workflows that reflect real-world engineering practices.
- Develop a high-quality software product using full-stack skills.
- Establish engineering standards, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and scalable processes for code quality and reliability.
Must-haves:
- Experience leading and building highly complex software projects from end-to-end.
- Experience building, designing, and maintaining continuous integration/continuous deployment processes.
- Ability to solve highly complex algorithm problems.
- Fluency in Python and TypeScript (React).
- A degree in Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Strong collaboration skills in a small team setting.
We are located in San Francisco. While on-site is preferred, we will consider exceptional remote candidates.