Basis · 3 weeks ago
Member of Technical Staff (All Levels) - Atlas (Internal Agent Engineering)
New York Office
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $300K/yrBasis-ai is a company that equips accountants with AI agents to enhance productivity. As an Atlas Engineer, you will own the development of internal systems and agents, automating workflows and improving operational efficiency across the organization.
AccountingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information Technology
Responsibilities
Build the systems that make Basis agent-native
Design and ship internal agents for coding, ops, and knowledge management
Define and maintain context architectures (docs, repos, APIs) that agents can reason about
Extend and evaluate agents—prompts, tools, and safety layers—to make them effective across workflows
Create fast feedback loops: instrument impact, analyze trajectories, and iterate on behavior
Identify manual processes and turn them into reliable automations
Build and extend internal tools with Retool, custom scripts, or APIs. Integrate SaaS systems and internal data sources into unified workflows. Decide pragmatically when to code vs. configure—optimize for velocity and maintainability
Partner with engineering, operations, and accounting to understand how work actually happens
Map out bottlenecks and design systems that remove them permanently
Build lightweight internal products—CLI tools, Slack bots, Chrome extensions—that give teammates superpowers
Document what you build so others can extend it easily
Scope and plan your own projects with clarity; own timelines and decisions
Ship fast, instrument impact, and measure improvement
Run your own postmortems and refine processes as you go
Share learnings and frameworks that others can reuse across Basis
Qualification
Required
Experience in building internal systems and automations
Ability to design and ship internal agents for coding, ops, and knowledge management
Experience in defining and maintaining context architectures (docs, repos, APIs)
Ability to extend and evaluate agents—prompts, tools, and safety layers
Experience in creating fast feedback loops: instrumenting impact, analyzing trajectories, and iterating on behavior
Ability to identify manual processes and turn them into reliable automations
Experience in building and extending internal tools with Retool, custom scripts, or APIs
Ability to integrate SaaS systems and internal data sources into unified workflows
Experience in partnering with engineering, operations, and accounting to understand work processes
Ability to map out bottlenecks and design systems that remove them permanently
Experience in building lightweight internal products—CLI tools, Slack bots, Chrome extensions
Ability to document builds for easy extension by others
Experience in scoping and planning projects with clarity
Ability to ship fast, instrument impact, and measure improvement
Experience in running postmortems and refining processes
Ability to share learnings and frameworks for reuse across the company
Company
Basis
Basis provides AI agents that automate accounting workflows for professionals.
Founded in 2023
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (2)
2022 (5)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$37.6MKey Investors
Khosla VenturesBetter Tomorrow Ventures
2024-12-17Series A· $34M
2023-10-18Seed· $3.6M
2023-03-20Pre Seed
Leadership Team
Matt Harpe
Co-Founder
Mitchell Troyanovsky
Co-Founder
Recent News
2025-08-15
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