Modveon · 10 hours ago
AI Agent Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelModveon is a venture-backed startup preparing for a public launch, focused on building a verified operating system for digital identity and secure communication. The AI Agent Engineer will design and operate intelligent agents, ensuring their reliability and governance while collaborating with various teams to integrate them into the platform.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Design and implement AI agents built on top of one or more foundation models, tailored to specific product workflows and institutional use cases
Build systems to train, evaluate, version, and roll back agents safely as capabilities evolve
Manage upgrades to underlying model layers while maintaining agent behavior, performance, and reliability
Define and enforce rules around agent changes, including approval workflows and safeguards before new behaviors are released
Implement controls that ensure agent behavior is auditable, explainable, and aligned with product and institutional requirements
Build mechanisms for policy enforcement, human review, and staged rollout of agent capabilities
Ensure agents operating on sensitive data follow strong security, privacy, and compliance standards
Design guardrails that constrain agent behavior within clearly defined policy, permission, and capability boundaries
Partner with backend engineers to integrate agents into core platform services and workflows
Work with frontend engineers to build admin and control interfaces that allow operators to configure, train, and manage agents over time
Enable handoff of agent management to institutional users, while preserving platform-level safeguards
Design systems that allow multiple specialized agents to coexist (e.g., complaints handling, announcements, summarization), with clear boundaries and responsibilities
Monitor agent performance and behavior in production, using feedback loops to improve quality, accuracy, and usefulness over time
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate experimentation, iteration, and system evolution
Qualification
Required
Experience working with machine learning or AI systems in production, including model integration, evaluation, and iteration
Strong engineering fundamentals, with experience building reliable backend or platform systems, with expertise in Python, Rust, Java as core skill set around programming languages & know-how or working knowledge of frameworks like LangChain etc., and experience with NLP will be a bonus
Familiarity with large language models and the surrounding tooling ecosystem; experience combining, adapting, or orchestrating models for real-world use cases
Comfort designing systems that manage state, versioning, rollback, and approval workflows
A strong security and trust mindset, especially when working with sensitive data or regulated environments
Experience collaborating across engineering, product, and design to turn abstract requirements into production systems
Curiosity and judgment when using AI-assisted development tools to improve velocity and quality
Preferred
Background in data science, machine learning, or applied research
Experience with workflow engines, rules systems, or policy enforcement frameworks
Full-stack experience that enables collaboration on admin or control interfaces
Benefits
Highly competitive salary plus meaningful equity, designed for people who want real ownership—not just upside.
Top-tier medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
Company-paid Equinox fitness membership to support wellbeing.
All meals and beverages are covered on in-office days.
Bay Area commuting expenses covered, including FasTrak, Caltrain, and BART.
Flexible PTO with no preset cap—balanced by ownership, accountability, and outcomes.
Company
Modveon
The Future of Modern Nation States
Founded in 2025
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase