Crimson Education is the world's leading college admissions consulting firm, with over 1,490 Ivy League offers and 2,410 to the US Top 15. We help ambitious students gain admission to the world's top universities through expert-led guidance and proven, data-driven strategies. Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League than their peers. We were recently featured on the .Crimson is the only college admissions consultancy that brings together:Former Ivy League and Top 20 admissions officers to rigorously review and refine applicationsProfessors and PhD teaching fellows from leading universities to guide students through original, independent research - with pathways to selective peer-reviewed publication or conference presentationPast ISEF winners and judges who coach students to compete for state, national, and international science fair awardsCapstone project mentors who help students design and scale leadership initiatives with real-world impact, measurable outcomes, and credible external validationWe're backed by leading VC firms, including Tiger Global, Heal Partners, IceHouse Ventures, and Movac, and recently closed a USD $40M Series D funding round at a USD $640M valuation. We now operate across 21 markets worldwide, including the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.The RoleWhat are the main responsibilities for this role?Build the core product and system architecture for a next-gen education agentDesign and ship agentic workflows across planning, tool use, memory, evals, feedback loops, and production operationsOwn difficult engineering problems end to end, from prototype to productionBuild robust backend and infra foundations for AI-native productsWork across the stack when needed, but go deep on backend systems and infrastructurePartner closely with product and design to turn ambiguous ideas into working products fastPush the team toward higher engineering leverage, better abstractions, and faster iteration loopsWhat skills and experience are required?Hardcore technical abilityStrong full-stack skills, with especially deep experience in backend and infrastructure engineeringThe kind of engineer people describe as a 10x builderStrong product instinct, not just implementation abilityComfortable operating in ambiguity and moving with very high ownershipAble to design clean systems, make sharp tradeoffs, and execute fast without lowering the barDeep curiosity about AI agents, developer tooling, evals, orchestration, and how modern engineering is changingReal excitement for exploring and applying Harness Engineering, not just reading about itStrong Plus If You HaveExperience building AI agents, copilot-style products, workflows, or internal automation systemsExperience with LLM application infrastructure, eval systems, retrieval, tool execution, or observabilityExperience building developer platforms, infra products, or backend-heavy systems at scaleStartup experience, especially 0-to-1 product buildingInterest in education, learning systems, or personalized AI productsWhy work for Crimson?Rapidly growing start up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you workLimitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year$1000 individual training budget per year, we love to 'Level Up' (it's one of our core values)!Psychologist on staffInsightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high-performing and ambitious teamRadical Candor is a feedback approach we live byWe're a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!If you're passionate about growing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and want to work with cutting-edge technology, then we'd love to hear from you!Please keep an eye on your spam/junk email folder for correspondence from Team Tailor.
