AI Agent Engineer - Editor Team

The Role We're looking for a seasoned Product Engineer to own and accelerate AI across Rive's editor. Reporting to the CTO you'll spend your time on two things: Improving Rive's AI agent – We shipped an AI agent that helps you write scripts, builds custom tools (particle systems, cloners, path effects, physics systems), connect data, and create full games without leaving the editor. It gets rid of tedious design work such as creating complex layouts, view models, and state machines. Your job is to make it better, faster, and smarter. Finding new ways to apply AI – The AI landscape moves quickly and new models ship every week. In this role you will spot opportunities, understand the implications for Rive, and prototype how they could work in our editor. Not everything will ship, but you will always be exploring. Why This Role Matters Rive sits at the intersection of design, animation, and code. Most AI tools focus on one of these. We need someone who can think across all three and figure out how AI improves each without losing the craft. This is a full‑time focus, not a side project. What You'll Do Build new AI‑powered workflows for designers, animators, and developers in the Rive Editor. Improve the AI agent's ability to write Rive scripts (Luau), build state machines, design layouts, animate, and work with data binding. Focus on how AI can enhance the user experience of an editor, making it more interactive and intelligent. Stay on top of new AI models, APIs, and techniques and evaluate how they apply to Rive. Work closely with the editor team to ship features. Talk to users to understand where AI can remove friction in their creative workflow. What We're Looking For An experienced software product engineer with a passion for AI. You have a deep knowledge of software engineering principles with growing expertise in using AI agents. Deep knowledge of the current AI/ML landscape (LLMs, multimodal models, code generation, image/video models). Experience integrating AI into a product (not just using APIs, but building the product layer around them). Experience building agents using best practice Agentic AI design patterns. Familiarity with Luau, TypeScript, or similar scripting languages. Self‑direction. We’ll not hand you a spec; you will define what to build next. Bias toward shipping. Prototypes are great, but production matters. A taste for creative tools. You don’t need to be a designer, but should understand how designers and developers think about their work. Nice to Have Experience with creative or design tools (animation, motion, game engines, visual editors). Experience with code generation / AI coding assistants. Understanding of vector graphics, state machines, or interactive content. Location San Francisco or willingness to come to S.F. to work in person with the Editor team in our Potrero Hill office. Rive is generally a remote company, but most of the editor team is in S.F., and regular office presence is important to this role. Compensation and benefits We offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage as well as stock options. Rive is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Compensation may vary based on relevant work experience and skills. The salary range for this role is $180,000 to $215,000. #J-18808-Ljbffr Rive