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The finance teams processing that capital can't keep up. 800-page invoices, thousand-page contracts, landing every few weeks, often on weekends. The world can't hire specialized accountants fast enough.\nKos is the world's first virtual finance employee for america’s industrial revival. We're processing invoices for some of the fastest-growing infrastructure and defense companies in America. Backed by $12M from 8VC, XYZ, and MVP with industry-leaders as shareholders (Keith Taylor [ex-CFO Equinix], Heather Paduck [CFO STACK], Matt DeNezza [ex-CFO Crusoe], Sachin Katti [Industrial Compute OpenAI]).\nMedia: The Information covering our launch\n\nThe Role\nYou'll work alongside the founding engineering team on bounded projects. Eval infrastructure. ERP integration stubs. Internal ops dashboards. The agent training pipeline. Whatever you ship lands in production at live customers.\nWhat you'll do:\nBuild and ship a bounded project in one of: eval infrastructure, ERP integration stubs, internal ops dashboards, or the agent training pipeline\n\nPartner with the founding team. They're your reviewer and your mentor.\n\nLearn how an AI-native product works under the hood. The agent loop, the eval harness, the production plumbing. Not the marketing version.\n\nContribute to code reviews, design discussions, and the culture of the team\n\nYou\nCurrent CS or ML undergrad or Master's student with a hands-on project or internship track record\n\nFluent in one of Python, TypeScript, or Go. You pick up whatever else the project needs.\n\nYou've played with LLMs, agents, or computer-use workflows. 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