Systems Engineer

Role Overview We are building an AI-powered operational system used inside real manufacturing environments. We’re looking for an Operations & Systems Engineer to design and build the backend logic and data systems that power planning, validation, and operational reliability. This role is for someone who thinks in systems — how data flows, how constraints interact, and how real-world operational complexity becomes structured software. You will work across backend infrastructure, operational modeling, and internal tooling. What You'll Do Required Strong Python skills Comfort working with structured data (SQL, pandas, schemas) Systems thinking and logical reasoning ability Ability to understand complex operational workflows Ownership mindset (able to take a problem from analysis to implementation) Nice To Have Experience building backend services or internal tools Familiarity with production or operational data Experience designing clean data contracts Exposure to performance-sensitive systems What We're Looking For Required Strong experience building and shipping applied AI or agentic systems in production Deep understanding of LLM-based reasoning, prompting, and evaluation techniques Experience designing systems that handle ambiguity and imperfect data gracefully Ability to reason about failure modes and design for graceful degradation Ownership mindset — able to take a feature from architecture to deployment Nice to Have Experience with optimization, scheduling, or operations research Experience building evaluation harnesses for agent- or LLM-based systems Background in manufacturing, logistics, or other operational domains How We Evaluate Technical + product discussion Time-boxed take-home focused on state management and performance In-person deep dive into architecture, tradeoffs, and failure handling We Care About Performance under load Robustness to imperfect data Scalable state architecture Production-level UX decisions What We Offer Competitive compensation based on experience and level of responsibility Direct ownership over core operational systems Close collaboration with the founding team Exposure to production-grade operational software Clear growth path as the company scales For Interns Paid internship with structured mentorship Real system-level ownership Clear opportunity for full-time conversion based on performance #J-18808-Ljbffr