Engineer in Residence: AA Firewall

AI Fund is hiring an Engineer in Residence for the AA Firewall residency program in Mountain View, CA (12-week, full-time, on-site contract). The role is to build AI agents that operate behind the enterprise firewall, automating operational tasks that currently require manual intervention or one-off scripts by securely connecting to internal databases, APIs, and legacy systems.

What you'll build:

• An agent framework that can securely connect to internal databases, REST/GraphQL APIs, and legacy system interfaces behind corporate firewalls
• A task orchestration layer that lets non-technical operators define multi-step workflows across internal systems using natural language
• An authentication and access control layer that integrates with enterprise identity providers (SSO, LDAP, RBAC) to enforce existing permission boundaries
• A monitoring and audit system that logs every agent action for compliance and debugging

What you'll do:

• Design the core agent architecture for operating in constrained network environments where cloud-first assumptions break down
• Build connectors for common enterprise data sources: SQL databases, internal APIs, file shares, legacy mainframe interfaces
• Develop a natural language task definition layer that translates operator intent into safe, auditable multi-step agent actions
• Implement security primitives: credential vaulting, least-privilege execution, action sandboxing, rollback capabilities
• Work with enterprise design partners to validate the agent framework against real internal tooling pain points

What you need:

• Strong backend engineering skills with production systems shipping at scale
• Deep experience with enterprise infrastructure: databases, APIs, authentication systems, networking constraints
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs, particularly agentic architectures, tool use, and function calling
• Understanding of security and compliance requirements in enterprise environments
• Ability to work autonomously and make product and architecture decisions

Helpful but not required:

• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar tool-use frameworks for AI agents
• Experience building internal developer platforms or internal tooling at scale
• Background in systems integration, middleware, or ETL pipeline development
• Founder or founding engineer experience

This is a 12-week, full-time, on-site residency in Mountain View, California. You'll be building an AI Fund idea. Compensation is $10,000/month for 12 weeks ($30,000 total). This is a contract role during the residency. If the build leads to a funded company, the next step is a founder-level role with meaningful equity upside. Only considering candidates within commuting distance from Mountain View.