Basis · 10 hours ago
Member of Technical Staff (All Levels) - Atlas (Internal Agent Engineering)
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid, Senior LevelBasis equips accountants with a team of AI agents to take on real workflows. As an Atlas Engineer, you will own internal systems and agents end-to-end, identifying opportunities and designing automations to improve productivity across the company.
AccountingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information Technology
Responsibilities
Design and ship internal agents for coding, ops, and knowledge management
Define and maintain context architectures (docs, repos, APIs) that agents can reason about
Extend and evaluate agents—prompts, tools, and safety layers—to make them effective across workflows
Create fast feedback loops: instrument impact, analyze trajectories, and iterate on behavior
Identify manual processes and turn them into reliable automations
Build and extend internal tools with Retool, custom scripts, or APIs. Integrate SaaS systems and internal data sources into unified workflows. Decide pragmatically when to code vs. configure—optimize for velocity and maintainability
Partner with engineering, operations, and accounting to understand how work actually happens
Map out bottlenecks and design systems that remove them permanently
Build lightweight internal products—CLI tools, Slack bots, Chrome extensions—that give teammates superpowers
Document what you build so others can extend it easily
Scope and plan your own projects with clarity; own timelines and decisions
Ship fast, instrument impact, and measure improvement
Run your own postmortems and refine processes as you go
Share learnings and frameworks that others can reuse across Basis
Qualification
Required
Experience in designing and shipping internal agents for coding, ops, and knowledge management
Ability to define and maintain context architectures (docs, repos, APIs) that agents can reason about
Experience in extending and evaluating agents—prompts, tools, and safety layers—to make them effective across workflows
Ability to create fast feedback loops: instrument impact, analyze trajectories, and iterate on behavior
Experience in identifying manual processes and turning them into reliable automations
Ability to build and extend internal tools with Retool, custom scripts, or APIs
Experience in integrating SaaS systems and internal data sources into unified workflows
Ability to decide pragmatically when to code vs. configure—optimize for velocity and maintainability
Experience in partnering with engineering, operations, and accounting to understand how work actually happens
Ability to map out bottlenecks and design systems that remove them permanently
Experience in building lightweight internal products—CLI tools, Slack bots, Chrome extensions—that give teammates superpowers
Ability to document what you build so others can extend it easily
Experience in scoping and planning projects with clarity; owning timelines and decisions
Ability to ship fast, instrument impact, and measure improvement
Experience in running postmortems and refining processes as you go
Ability to share learnings and frameworks that others can reuse across Basis
Benefits
Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
Life Insurance
6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions through Spring Health
Unlimited PTO + 12 paid company holidays
Daily meal stipends
A fully stocked kitchen
$300 toward your custom desk setup
Pre-tax commuter benefits
401(k) retirement plan
Monthly office activities
Frequent optional team happy hours
Company
Basis
Basis provides AI agents that automate accounting workflows for professionals.
Founded in 2023
11-50 employees
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (2)
2022 (5)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$37.6MKey Investors
Khosla VenturesBetter Tomorrow Ventures
2024-12-17Series A· $34M
2023-10-18Seed· $3.6M
2023-03-20Pre Seed
Leadership Team
Matt Harpe
Co-Founder
Mitchell Troyanovsky
Co-Founder
Recent News
2025-08-15
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