Ship research, not slideware
Work here ends in a published spec, an open dataset, or a product release — usually the same quarter it started. You'll see your work used.
Careers
Do the work that makes AI efficient.
We're a small research lab where the work ends in a published spec, an open dataset, or a shipping product — usually the same quarter it started. Remote-first, deliberately small, hiring carefully.
How we work
Small team, whole problems, open output.
Four commitments we make to everyone who joins — written down so you can hold us to them.
Small team, real ownership
We hire deliberately slowly. Each person owns a whole problem — a protocol, a pipeline, a product surface — not a slice of a ticket queue.
Open by default
Most of what you build is published under your name. Your portfolio grows with the lab's registry.
Efficiency is the culture
We optimize compute, tokens, and meetings with equal enthusiasm. Deep work is protected; status theater is not.
Open roles
8 openings across research, engineering, and community.
Don't see your role? Send a general application below — we read every one.
- Apply by email
Research Engineer, Protocols
Protocol ResearchDesign and specify the next generation of our protocol family — and prove it in production. You'll work across the Virtual DOM, Virtual Browser, and W0rkTree specs and their reference implementations.
Remote (US/EU)Full-time
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ML Engineer, Synthetic Data
DataOwn generation and validation pipelines that produce billions of tokens of training data. Compilers, sandboxed execution, and mutation testing are your daily tools.
Remote (US/EU)Full-time
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Systems Engineer, Tavoc (Rust)
TavocBuild the Rust-native IDE and desktop apps — editor internals, the W0rktree integration, and the context assembly layer that keeps assistance fast and scoped.
Remote (US/EU)Full-time
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Product Engineer, Nokuva
NokuvaShip the AI-native design editor: canvas rendering, the theme and token system, and real-time collaboration on PostgreSQL and WebSockets.
Remote (US/EU)Full-time
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Infrastructure Engineer, Foltrac
FoltracBuild autonomous deployment across clouds — pipeline translation, the rollback policy engine, and the agent coordination layer underneath it.
Remote (US/EU)Full-time
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Research Scientist, Model Efficiency
Efficiency ResearchPush distillation, quantization, and context compression further. You'll publish openly and see your methods deployed in products within the same quarter.
Remote (US/EU)Full-time
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Developer Advocate, Open Protocols
CommunityHelp the community build on our specs: reference examples, workshop material, conference talks, and the feedback loop from implementers back into the specs.
Remote (US/EU)Full-time
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Research Intern
ResearchA focused research project with a named mentor and a publication target. Past interns shipped work in the coordination benchmark suite and the MCP field study.
RemoteInternship
What we offer
- Competitive salary and meaningful early equity
- Remote-first across US and EU time zones, with quarterly on-sites
- Full health, dental, and vision coverage
- Hardware and home-office budget, refreshed every two years
- Dedicated compute budget for personal research projects
- Conference travel for work you publish
- Flexible time off with a required two-week minimum
The hiring process
Application review
A human reads every application — usually the hiring manager. We reply to everyone within a week, both ways.
Technical conversation
An hour with an engineer or researcher on your team, talking through work you've actually done. No trivia, no whiteboard theater.
Work sample
A scoped, paid exercise close to the real job — reviewing a spec, extending a pipeline, debugging a real system. Four hours, on your schedule.
Team day
A half day (remote or on-site) with the people you'd work with, including time with a founder. You interview us as much as we interview you.
Offer
A written offer with transparent compensation bands. We give you time to decide and encourage you to talk to anyone on the team.
General application
No matching opening? Tell us what you'd want to own and link your best work. A human reads every application.