Mantle is the institutional infrastructure connecting real-world assets to on-chain capital markets. Explore issuance, allocation, and ecosystem partners. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
This position is core to our product. Mantle is an AI agent, so the quality, reliability and trustworthiness of that agent is the product. As a Software Engineer on our Applied AI team, you'll design and build the agent systems that take real work off of families' plates: understanding their situation, taking action on their behalf, and knowing when a human needs to step in. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 2-10 years building production software with modern technologies
- Hands-on experience shipping LLM-powered features or agents to real users
- Strong grasp of prompt design, retrieval, tool calling and agent orchestration patterns
- Experience building evaluation systems and using them to drive product decisions
- Strong backend skills (e.g. Python or Node.js, APIs, data pipelines) and experience deploying on AWS
More about this role
We’re building an AI agent to help families support their aging parents ( origin story here ).
Over 40M “sandwich generation” Americans currently manage their parent’s affairs. Keeping mom/dad safe and supported is like a second job: it’s time-consuming, stressful and on top of their already busy lives. We believe that managing our parents’ affairs should feel under control, easier and lower stress.
Co-founded by serial entrepreneur partners including Ted Zagat , who sold his previous businesses to Slack ( announcement here ) and Google (Zagat restaurant guides).
This position is core to our product. Mantle is an AI agent, so the quality, reliability and trustworthiness of that agent is the product. As a Software Engineer on our Applied AI team, you'll design and build the agent systems that take real work off of families' plates: understanding their situation, taking action on their behalf, and knowing when a human needs to step in.
You'll work directly with founders and the engineering team to take agent capabilities from prototype to production. It's not just about clever prompts; it's about the unglamorous work of building evals, chasing down failure cases, and making the...
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