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Backed by Foundation Capital and led by a world-class founding team, we build multi-agent AI systems that automate complex business workflows across platforms like SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, Databricks, and more.\nOur mission is simple but ambitious: bring real AI automation to the enterprise - with speed, precision, and measurable impact. We move fast, operate with extreme ownership, and build at the frontier of applied AI.\nAbout the Team\nThe AI Platform team builds and operates the foundational infrastructure that lets Tessera's multi-agent systems run reliably, securely, and consistently across customer environments. 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Mid-level engineers will own well-scoped components end to end; senior engineers will also set technical direction, make architectural calls across the platform, and mentor others. 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