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Applied AI Engineer

MagicpatternsSan Francisco🇺🇸United StatesPosted Aug 20, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of AI in design by owning critical evaluation systems and pushing the boundaries of what's possible. You'll thrive here if you're an ambitious AI engineer eager to make a direct impact on a cutting-edge product and collaborate with a lean, innovative team. Apply to be at the forefront of AI-driven software creation!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Location
San Francisco, United States
Posted
4 weeks ago
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Job Description

Hey, I’m Teddy, CTO & co-founder at Magic Patterns! Our engineering team has grown a lot over the last few months here in San Francisco.

 

About Magic Patterns
Our mission is to let anyone build delightful software. We're a lean team where everyone contributes directly to the product.

If you’re an AI engineer, our roadmap is probably a goldmine of things you’ve always wanted to work on:

  • An AI agent that thousands of users use religiously everyday

  • Evals with a self-improving agent loop

  • Context engineering

  • Post-training on design output

The most common piece of feedback we get is "I tried a bunch of tools but your design quality output is by far the best." We want to push the limits even further.

 

About this role

  • Own our eval system that feeds into our self-improving agent loop

  • Push and define the limits of what AI can do in design. Today, we are state of the art, and we want to continue to push that.

  • Collaborate with the product team to bring novel solutions to improve agent quality from the perspective of our users

  • Decide what to work on to improve our AI Design agent. The list above are open problems, not assignments

     

This role might be a fit if you...

  • Use AI tools in your daily workflow

  • Have experience with AI models and/or have worked on an AI agent before

  • Have experience building eval systems, post-training, context engineering

  • Strong first-principles thinker that can distill complex problems

     

Our Values

  1. Obsessive — we love exploring every corner of the hardest problems.

  2. Growth-minded — where you are today matters less than how fast you are growing

  3. Ownership — insist on high standards and craftsmanship.

  4. Spread the magic — for many people, Magic Patterns is “magic.” Be proud of your work and have fun!

     

Compensation and benefits:

  • Rapid career growth at one of the fastest growing Series A companies

  • Competitive salary and equity package

  • 20 days off PTO

  • Health, dental, and vision coverage

  • Fun team offsites and events — we went to Mexico last year!

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