# Staff Software Engineer, Agent Infrastructure and Reliability at CharacterQuilt

- Company: CharacterQuilt (YC P26)
- What the company does: Computer use agents to deploy enterprise marketing campaigns. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://characterquilt.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, NY, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/characterquilt/jobs/yCogh5G-staff-software-engineer-agent-infrastructure-and-reliability
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/characterquilt-staff-software-engineer-agent-infrastructure-and-reliability/

## About the role

You'll set the architecture and reliability bar for the infrastructure that runs every CharacterQuilt agent. This is not a narrow platform role. You'll own the system from Postgres and the filesystem through workers, sandboxes, authenticated browsers, and the product state customers see.

## What they're looking for

- You've owned production distributed systems, developer infrastructure, or browser automation
- You can debug across application code, databases, queues, networks, and filesystems
- You want staff-level scope without staff-level distance from the work

Tags: Engineering