Appliedlabs
Founding Engineer
New York
Apply through hirly
hirly scores this role against your resume, shows its reasoning, then writes a resume and cover letter for it and fills the application with you. Free to start — no card required.
hirly's read of this role
- Seniority
- Mid level
- Country
- US
- Work mode
- On-site / unstated
- First seen by hirly
- 4 Sept 2026
Derived automatically from the posting. Sign up to see how the role scores against your own resume.
the posting
About us
At Applied Labs, we’re building the platform for reliable AI agents that automate complex work. We are primarily an in-person company based in New York City.
Why this could be a fit
Trajectory: 10x growth in 4 months; strong momentum.
Ownership: High autonomy; own systems end‑to‑end .
Challenging problems: Design novel, reliable solutions for complex tasks.
Team quality: Early team from Harvard, MIT, Gemini, Meta .
What you’ll do
Own core agent systems from idea to production: orchestration, tool‑use, planning, memory, evals.
Architect for reliability : design agent loops and guardrails that hold up under real‑world edge cases.
Ship fast, learn faster : run experiments, measure outcomes, iterate weekly.
Collaborate tightly with the founders in NYC to set product direction, quality bars, and engineering culture.
Set the blueprint : your design decisions, documents, and code style become the standard for future hires.
You might thrive in this role if you:
Have shipped production systems end‑to‑end and love owning outcomes.
Care deeply about reliability , not just demos - tests, evals, and metrics matter to you.
Are product‑minded: you ask “what does the user need?” and then build the simplest thing that works.
Prefer in‑person collaboration and fast decision cycles.
Want to help define the engineering culture at a company that’s scaling quickly.
Our tools
We currently build with Python, Go, React, Clickhouse, K8s, Bazel, Postgres, GCP, Modal
We hire for ability, not checklists .
Compensation & benefits
Competitive salary + significant equity
Flexible (Unlimited) Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
Fancy lunches (think Nubiani), as well as snacks, coffee, or boba that always hits the spot
Relocation support to NYC if needed.
Apply
Send a short note and your LinkedIn/GitHub to [email protected] (or apply on our site).
Is this role actually a fit for you?
hirly answers with a score and its reasoning, then writes the resume and cover letter if you decide to go for it.
Score it against my resume