Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents)

fieldguide· Engineering, Product, and Design
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📍 San Francisco, CAFullTime💰 USD 225K–250K

About this role

About Us

Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets by automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners—specifically in cybersecurity, privacy, and financial audits. We build software for the people who enable trust between businesses.

We're based in San Francisco, CA, and backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, and more. Over 50 of the top 100 accounting and consulting firms trust Fieldguide to power mission-critical work.

 

About the Role

The Foundation Agents team stewards the long-horizon agents powering the Fieldguide AI platform. We work at the frontier of AI product development: agent knowledge, evaluations, and improving quality and reliability at scale. As a Senior Software Engineer, Agents, you'll take ownership of how the team measures and improves agent quality, and help drive the platform forward.

 

What You’ll Own

  • Evals strategy and error-analysis practice, shaping how the team measures and improves agent quality

  • Design and build agent knowledge and evaluation infrastructure for Fieldguide's long-horizon agents

  • Lead error analysis on agent behavior, turning findings into concrete platform-level reliability improvements

  • Build and harden backend systems that support agent execution, evaluation, and monitoring at scale

  • Drive the AI platform's reliability and quality roadmap forward, working closely with the broader AI team

  • Mentor engineers on the team, raising the bar on eval rigor and error-analysis practice

Who You Are

  • You've built AI products end-to-end, with real ownership over agent quality outcomes

  • You think in evals and error analysis as a discipline; you dig into why an agent failed and fix the systemic cause

  • You're strong in the backend and comfortable owning platform-level systems

  • You're motivated by long-horizon agents that do real work in production

  • You multiply the people around you, not just your own output

Experience

Must-have:

  • 1+ years working specifically on agents

  • Strong experience working on an AI platform

  • Demonstrated experience building evals and performing error analysis

  • Backend engineering experience

Nice-to-have:

  • Strong platform engineering skills

  • Frontend experience

  • Distributed systems experience

What Should Excite You

  • Long-horizon agents: Working on agents that do real, sustained work

  • Evaluation as a craft: Evals and error analysis are core to how this team improves quality, not an afterthought

  • Platform-level impact: Your work shapes the reliability and quality of every agent built on top of it

  • Frontier problems: You're working on open problems in agent reliability that don't have established playbooks yet

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with equity

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

  • Flexible time off and work schedules

  • Technology reimbursements

  • 401(k) plan

  • Twice-yearly in-person offsites across the U.S.

  • Wellness benefits starting on your first day

Our Values

  • Fearless — Inspire and break down seemingly impossible walls

  • Fast — Launch fast with excellence; iterate to perfection

  • Lovable — Deliver happiness and 11-star experiences

  • Owners — Execute and run the business with ownership

  • Win-win — Create mutual value and earn trust for life

  • Inclusive — Scale the best ideas with inclusive teams

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the salary for the Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) role at fieldguide?
The listed salary for this Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) position at fieldguide is USD 225K–250K. This is an FullTime role.
Where is the Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) position at fieldguide located?
This Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) role at fieldguide is based in San Francisco, CA. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) role at fieldguide full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) role in the Engineering, Product, and Design department at fieldguide.
Which team or department does the Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) at fieldguide belong to?
This Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) position is part of the Engineering, Product, and Design department at fieldguide. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) position at fieldguide?
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When was the Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) job at fieldguide posted?
This Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents) position at fieldguide was posted on Sep 16, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Senior Software Engineer, Agents (Foundation Agents)
fieldguide · 💰 USD 225K–250K
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