# Software Engineer, Agent at OpenArt AI

- Company: OpenArt AI
- What the company does: Create AI art, images, videos and music online for free. 100+ models from Google, OpenAI, Seedance & more. — all in one place. Trusted by 8M+ creators. Start in seconds. Backed by Basis Set Ventures.
- Company website: https://openart.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Carlos, California, USA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $300K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openart/3dad78e1-8e1f-4dc6-b042-3537b4beec46?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openart-ai-software-engineer-agent/

## About the role

We're hiring engineers to build the agent layer behind OpenArt's next generation of creative products, starting with Director — which lets anyone "vibe direct" a multi-minute cinematic video by chatting with AI. You'll be building the agent infrastructure that pushes experiences like this further: longer-horizon planning, tool use across multiple model vendors, memory across sessions, and the harness that keeps all of it reliable in production. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years of full-stack engineering experience shipping production software
- Hands-on experience building LLM-powered agents or applications that have reached real users — not just prototypes or demos
- Working familiarity with agent harness concepts: tool use, context/memory management, multi-step planning, or sub-agent orchestration
- Solid data modeling and schema design skills for real product use cases
- A strong AI-assisted coding practice — you use tools like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor as a core part of how you build, and have real opinions about what makes them work well
- Product sense — you think about what makes an agent experience feel trustworthy and delightful, not just functional

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openart-ai-software-engineer-agent/