AI Engineer - Remote
Description
Take an ambiguous problem, define the solution, and ship it. Youʼll direct AI agents across planning, implementation, testing, and deployment—and remain accountable for the code and the result. Youʼll build and evolve the AI harness behind that work: the context, tools, execution environments, checks, and feedback loops that make agents reliable. This requires strong engineering judgment and the ability to get into the code when the work demands it.
Company Details
Periskope helps businesses run customer conversations and operations on WhatsApp, bringing chats, groups, ticketing, and automation into one workspace. Weʼre profitable, serve a global customer base, and generate over $2.5M in ARR with a small team of ~12. Weʼre seed-backed by Saison Capital and Alliance. Led by experienced founders, weʼre hiring for a critical engineering role with direct ownership of how we build and ship.
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Requirements
2–4 years of software engineering experience, with ownership of systems running in production.
Hands-on agent experience: Youʼve built or substantially customized agent workflows and can explain their limits, failure modes, and how you measure quality.
Strong fundamentals: Youʼre comfortable with APIs, databases, system design, testing, and production debugging. You can judge the code an agent writes.
Independent judgment: You know what to delegate, where to intervene, and when to simplify.
Clear communication: You explain decisions, flag uncertainty early, and move work forward in a remote team.
Currently working at a product-based startup or scale-up
Responsibilities
Concept to production. Define scope and architecture, build the solution, deploy it, and iterate on real usage.
A fleet of agents. Decompose complex work, manage context and dependencies, coordinate parallel execution, and integrate the results.
The harness. Build tooling for execution, tool access, state, evaluation, observability, and failure recovery.
Code quality. Write and review code, challenge agent output, test assumptions, and resolve integration issues.
Production reliability. Debug failures and make deliberate tradeoffs across performance, cost, and delivery speed.
Job Details
Remote
Interview Process
Async conversation with founder on WhatsApp
2-Hour Technical Round (Working Session)
30-Minute Cultural Fit Round with founders
Important Note
ClanX is a recruitment partner, helping Periskope hire an AI Engineer.
Skills
As published by recruitee · 16 questions · 5 written answers
Basics
Full name, Email, CV, Phone
Short answers (3)
- Please share your current CTC breakup, including Fixed, Variable, ESOPs, and other components, if any. Please stick to this format: Fixed: 15L, Variable: 3L, ESOPs: 5L with 4-year vesting
- What is your expected annual CTC? (INR)
- Help us with your LinkedIn profile link
Pick from a list (8)
- How many years of experience do you have as a Software Engineer (AI Native)?
- Have you personally shipped an AI-powered feature or product to production?
- What is your notice period? (We are looking for candidates who can join within 30 days)
- Is your notice period negotiable?
- Do you have experience working at a product-based company?
- Are you a citizen of India and currently based in India?
- What is your current annual CTC range? (INR)
- Have you used AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools for real software development?
Written answers (5)
- Share a 2–3 minute, unscripted Loom video walking us through one decision or tradeoff you made while building and shipping an AI feature or product. Briefly explain the problem, your contribution, the options you considered, why you chose your approach, and the outcome. Make sure the video link is accessible.
- Pick one Periskope feature. Who is it for, what’s one thing you’d change, and why? Walk us through your thinking and explain how you’d know the change worked.
- Tell us about something that broke after your AI feature went live. How did you find out, and what did you change?
- Tell us about a product or feature you built. Who used it, roughly how many people used it, and what changed for them because of it? Share specific examples or results. Keep your answer within 150 words.
- Where did you find this job opportunity? (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc). If someone referred you, please mention their name and contact number so we can thank them. (Write NA if not applicable).
