# Founding Engineer - Harness Optimization at Pax Historia

- Company: Pax Historia
- What the company does: Pax Historia - alternate history sandbox game. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.paxhistoria.co
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pax-historia/5742565d-afc5-4b34-bd4e-ad79da5967d5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pax-historia-founding-engineer-harness-optimization/

## About the role

But today, we’ve barely scratched the surface of getting the best possible results out of the ~240B tokens processed on our site each week. The same default AI workflows run across very different models, and we haven’t done much to adapt to the quirks of the 37+ models on our site now. We think our games can be much more interesting than they are today, which is why we’re hiring for this role.

Tags: Engineering