Applied AI Engineer
Posted 20 Aug 2026
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
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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:
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An AI agent that thousands of users use religiously everyday
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Evals with a self-improving agent loop
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Context engineering
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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
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Own our eval system that feeds into our self-improving agent loop
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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.
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Collaborate with the product team to bring novel solutions to improve agent quality from the perspective of our users
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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...
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Use AI tools in your daily workflow
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Have experience with AI models and/or have worked on an AI agent before
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Have experience building eval systems, post-training, context engineering
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Strong first-principles thinker that can distill complex problems
Our Values
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Obsessive — we love exploring every corner of the hardest problems.
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Growth-minded — where you are today matters less than how fast you are growing
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Ownership — insist on high standards and craftsmanship.
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Spread the magic — for many people, Magic Patterns is “magic.” Be proud of your work and have fun!
Compensation and benefits:
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Rapid career growth at one of the fastest growing Series A companies
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Competitive salary and equity package
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20 days off PTO
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Health, dental, and vision coverage
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Fun team offsites and events — we went to Mexico last year!