primitive Verified
Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Blockchain, FinTech
Founding Infrastructure Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$240,000–$320,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Primitive is seeking a Founding Infrastructure Engineer to build the communication layer for AI agents. This role involves creating the core primitives that enable agents to communicate reliably and at scale with each other, humans, and systems. The ideal candidate has experience building massive distributed systems from scratch, expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, and Argo, and has thrived in a startup environment scaling infrastructure. A strong understanding of AI and experience running AI agents is highly desired.
**Primitive** is the communication layer for AI agents. We build the primitives to let agents talk to each other, to humans, to systems. In real time, reliably, at scale.\
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**About You**
* Built massive distributed systems from 0 to 1.
* Your jam is Docker, k8s, IaC, CI/CD, Argo, etc. Even better if you have opinions on why this list is wrong.
* You've worked at a startup where infrastructure was yours to build and then yours to scale.
* Pumped about the autonomy and agency to build something people want.
* Should be one of the most AI enabled engineers in the world. You should have at least 2 agents running right now. We have an unlimited AI budget for all team members…and that should make you ridiculously excited.
**Comp**
* $240K+
* 2-4% equity
* 95th percentile health/vision/dental
* Unlimited AI budget
* Incredible office in downtown SF. Equipment budget, meals, etc.
* Full relocation if needed
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**About You**
* Built massive distributed systems from 0 to 1.
* Your jam is Docker, k8s, IaC, CI/CD, Argo, etc. Even better if you have opinions on why this list is wrong.
* You've worked at a startup where infrastructure was yours to build and then yours to scale.
* Pumped about the autonomy and agency to build something people want.
* Should be one of the most AI enabled engineers in the world. You should have at least 2 agents running right now. We have an unlimited AI budget for all team members…and that should make you ridiculously excited.
**Comp**
* $240K+
* 2-4% equity
* 95th percentile health/vision/dental
* Unlimited AI budget
* Incredible office in downtown SF. Equipment budget, meals, etc.
* Full relocation if needed
