- Developer tooling experience
- Systems optimization skills
- Strong API design judgment
- Turn infrastructure into products
Unbounded needs foundational developer infrastructure to support internal agent development, model experimentation, deployment, and future external products. The hire will reduce repeated infrastructure work, improve reliability and iteration speed, and help establish the architecture and technical priorities for an early company.
Day to day, this role identifies recurring infrastructure needs, builds APIs, libraries, and tools, improves optimization and resource efficiency, establishes deployment and monitoring workflows, and works directly with the founder and agent/model engineers. The primary spike is turning internal infrastructure capabilities into reusable systems and, where appropriate, developer-facing products that others can use and pay for.
What You'll Own
- Identify recurring infrastructure needs and turn them into reusable systems.
- Build APIs, libraries, and tools supporting agent development, model experimentation, and deployment.
- Develop optimization systems that improve performance, resource efficiency, and iteration speed.
- Establish reliable deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting workflows.
- Use internal feedback to improve developer experience and identify potential external products.
- Shape infrastructure architecture and technical priorities.
- Own infrastructure from identifying the need through implementation, deployment, and adoption.
- Balance immediate product requirements with reusable capabilities.
Technical Requirements
- Experience building developer infrastructure, backend platforms, optimization systems, or infrastructure for AI workloads.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and ability to reason beyond the application layer.
- Good judgment about APIs, abstractions, and system boundaries.
- Ability to investigate performance problems and improve systems using measured results.
- Attention to usability, documentation, and reliability of tools used by other engineers.
Execution and Ownership
- Own systems through implementation, deployment, and user adoption.
- Balance near-term product needs with reusable infrastructure investments.
- Work directly with the founder and collaborate with agent and model engineers.
- Operate with substantial autonomy in an early-stage environment.
Background
- Approximately 2–3 years of relevant experience is the intake target; authoritative role_details lists 2–5 years. Discrepancy requires confirmation.
- Developer-first or infrastructure-company experience is especially relevant.
- Startup experience is preferred but not required.
- Educational background is flexible; demonstrated work and independent projects matter most.
Location and Visa
- Work in person five days per week.
- New York is preferred; San Francisco or Toronto may be considered.
- Candidates elsewhere must be willing to relocate; candidates unwilling to relocate are not aligned with the stated first-hire expectation.
- Visa sponsorship and permitted work-authorization statuses are — pending / confirm.
Nice to Have
- Experience turning internal tools into products used by external developers.
- Experience with AI infrastructure or systems supporting long-running agents.
- Ownership of open-source libraries or developer tools.
- Prior entrepreneurial experience or experience serving technical customers.
Who Will Thrive Here You like building tools that make other engineers more effective, combine systems depth with product judgment, recognize when recurring problems deserve reusable solutions, and take responsibility for whether what you build is reliable and usable. This role suits a scrappy, entrepreneurial builder who wants substantial ownership and is motivated by the company’s long-term mission.