Applied AI Engineer

Why this role?

Warp is fundamentally changing how developers interact with technology, moving from coding "by hand" to working "by prompt." We're hiring an Applied AI Engineer to accelerate this transformation.

You’ll be instrumental in developing innovative predictive AI features leveraging our unique user-generated content and team data. This applied AI Engineer role emphasizes product development and implementation, distinguishing it from a purely research-oriented position. You will be directly reporting to John Rector, our Head of Engineering.

Your work will supercharge our natural language understanding, enhance predictive accuracy for commands, and build personalized, specialized AI agents. By continuously refining our AI-driven suggestions and agent interactions, you'll empower hundreds of thousands of developers globally to ship better software faster, significantly impacting Warp's core product.

As our first Applied AI Engineer, you will…

• Design, build, and deploy predictive AI features, including natural language detection, autosuggestions, and intelligent prompt recommendations.
• Leverage Warp’s extensive user-generated content and team data to continuously refine AI prediction and personalization.
• Drive substantial improvements in code generation quality, including code completions, diff applications, and SWEbench performance.
• Implement and iterate specialized agents tailored for specific developer workflows and use cases.
• Optimize AI models through fine-tuning, advanced prompt engineering, and robust, data-driven feedback loops.
• Improve context retrieval systems, enabling Warp agents to retain and utilize memory effectively.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams, rapidly shipping iterative improvements into production.
• Continuously elevate the user experience by refining interactions between developers and Warp AI.

You may be a good fit if…

• You have at least 5 years of experience applying AI/ML research to build and ship user-facing, production-grade products.
• You possess a strong software engineering background
• You have experience in fine-tuning and deploying large language models and predictive systems.
• You're adept at prompt engineering and able to craft and iterate on prompts to optimize AI outputs and agent performance.
• You’re comfortable building scalable data-driven feedback loops to measure and improve model accuracy and user satisfaction.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, prioritizing shipping high-quality improvements over pure theoretical research.

Bonus points if you’ve previously built or significantly enhanced developer-facing AI products, particularly those involving command-line or coding assistance.

At Warp, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! Most of us are learning new skills for the first time (like our engineers learning to program Warp in Rust). You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Feeling playful? Try our optional hiring challenge and submit your answers with your application: Warp Hiring Challenge

Salary Transparency

Total compensation at Warp consists of two parts: 1) a competitive base salary, and 2) meaningful equity.

When we find the right person, we try to put our best foot forward with an offer that excites you. The budgeted compensation range for this role is targeted at $220,000 – $275,000. Final total compensation depends on experience and expertise.

In addition to salary, all employees receive further compensation in the form of equity in the company. This is a meaningful stock option grant with a four-year vesting period and one-year cliff. Your equity is where most of the significant upside potential is. Comparing startup equity is always a bit tricky, so we’re happy to walk you through different valuation scenarios at the offer stage in order to help paint a clearer picture of the upside.

Final total compensation is determined by multiple factors including your experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary & Meaningful Equity – we will stretch to get the right talent on board
• Full Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits for employees (80% coverage for dependents)
• Flexible remote-first culture, with optional office spaces in NYC and SF for folks who want to work together IRL
• Pre-tax FSA Health Savings Plan
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 20-days of Paid Time Off
• Unlimited Sick Time Off
• 12 US Holidays
• 16 weeks of paid Parental Leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents
• Twice-a-year company retreats
• Monthly gym and internet stipend
• Guideline 401(k)
• Complimentary OneMedical membership

Individuals seeking employment at Warp are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.