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We believe every organization should have AI systems that can understand context, take action, and collaborate seamlessly with humans - transforming how work gets done across the enterprise.\nOur first mission: fully automate software quality assurance. We’re building state-of-the-art agentic QA systems that integrate deeply into the software development cycle - empowering every product manager, developer, and tester with their own AI QA engineer that validates work in real time.\nYou’ll be joining a small, mission-driven founding team led by industry veterans, working at the intersection of AI agents, system engineering, and real-world developer productivity.\nWhat You’ll Do\nBuild core systems that enable AI agents to autonomously test and reason about complex applications.\n\nDesign, prototype, and ship agentic browser and device automation components.\n\nWork directly with the founders to define architecture, roadmap, and company culture.\n\nExperiment with cutting-edge context engineering techniques to improve reasoning and adaptability.\n\nMove fast - from prototype to production - with high ownership and autonomy.\n\nWho You Are\nMission-driven - you want to help shape the next era of AI-powered software development.\n\nCurious and resourceful - 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