Sim Logo

Sim

Software Engineer, Agents

Posted 14 Hours Ago
Be an Early Applicant
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
140K-220K Annually
Mid level
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
140K-220K Annually
Mid level
Own and develop the agentic workflow engine and Copilot AI assistant, maintaining core architecture and integrations, while ensuring reliability and code quality.
The summary above was generated by AI
About the Role

You'll own end-to-end development of our core agentic workflow engine and Copilot — the AI assistant that helps developers build and debug workflows using natural language, turning high-level intent into executable, reliable agents. This spans our backend (Next.js), orchestration layer, and all integrations with LLMs and external APIs.

Copilot is currently the best-in-class tool for building workflows with natural language. Your job is to keep it there and push it further — making it faster, more reliable, and capable of handling increasingly complex agentic architectures.

This is a foundational role. You'll set architecture decisions, reliability standards, and coding patterns that define how the core product works. On a team of 5, your work ships to tens of thousands of developers on fast release cycles.

What You'll Do
  • Own the agentic workflow engine: the runtime that executes multi-step, tool-using agent workflows in production

  • Build and evolve Copilot — our natural language interface for creating, editing, and debugging workflows

  • Design and maintain integrations with LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, local models via Ollama) and external APIs

  • Architect the orchestration layer that turns visual flows into reliable, observable agent executions

  • Set technical standards for the codebase — reliability, testing, code quality, and architecture patterns

  • Work across the stack in our Next.js monorepo, shipping to production daily

  • Debug hard problems at the intersection of LLMs, distributed systems, and developer tooling

What We're Looking For
  • Strong generalist engineer who has shipped complex distributed systems or developer tools to production

  • Deep experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and Bun; comfort working in a Next.js monorepo

  • Track record of owning and operating production systems — you've been paged, you've debugged the weird ones, you've made things reliable

  • Experience integrating with LLMs or building on top of foundation model APIs

  • High agency and ownership — on a team this small, you define the roadmap as much as you execute it

  • Strong opinions on architecture, loosely held — you care about building things right but move fast

  • Experience with AWS infrastructure is a plus

  • Contributions to open-source projects are a plus

Why Sim
  • Foundational impact. You're not joining a team — you're building one. Every decision you make shapes the product and the company.

  • Real users, real scale. 70,000+ developers use Sim today. Your work ships fast and matters immediately.

  • World-class backers. Series A - Standard Capital, Paul Graham, Perplexity, SV Angel, and Y Combinator believe in what we're building.

  • Open source at the core. We've been open source from day one and we're proud of it. 26,000+ GitHub stars and growing.

  • Competitive salary + meaningful equity. Early team, significant ownership.

  • Full benefits. Comprehensive health insurance, relocation.

  • Visa sponsorship available.

 
Equal Opportunity

Sim is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Similar Jobs

2 Days Ago
In-Office
San Jose, CA, USA
171K-231K Annually
Senior level
171K-231K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Internet of Things • Semiconductor
The Senior Software Engineer will enhance Arm's MCP server, develop technical content, improve evaluation frameworks, and drive developer enablement through AI agents integration.
Top Skills: Ai-Assisted Development ToolsC++LinuxPython
3 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
173K-234K Annually
Junior
173K-234K Annually
Junior
Cloud • Healthtech • Social Impact • Software • Biotech
The Software Engineer, Agents will build AI agents for scientists, automating scientific tasks across the research workflow and collaborating with customers for feedback and development.
Top Skills: AILlmsPythonReact
12 Hours Ago
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
Junior
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • Productivity • Software • Automation
As a Software Engineer, you'll develop AI scheduling agents to coordinate meetings across various complexities, improve architectures, and analyze agent performance.
Top Skills: AIBackend EngineeringLlms

What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene

San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.

Key Facts About San Francisco Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
  • Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
  • Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account