AI Agent Engineer
Why Benchmark Sports
Benchmark Sports is redefining how golf is learned through real-time simulation and AI coaching. We're profitable, moving fast, and scaling globally. Joining now means owning core systems used by millions of athletes. Shipping product that changes how people train.
The Culture
High ownership, touching all elements of the product full stack, owning business outcomes on a small lean team of highly technical people. We have a high talent bar and only hire people capable of working full stack and having a clear understanding of the product mission.
In office in Irvine. Work 6 days a week.
What You'll Work On
Build AI coaching agents that give athletes real-time feedback on their swing
Own the LLM stack: prompts, tool use, RAG, context management
Ship multi-turn coaching conversations that hold context across sessions
Build evaluation and grounding systems that catch hallucinations against real swing data
Get response latency low enough for live coaching
Core Expectations
Strong ML fundamentals
Up to date with latest agentic coding workflows
Full stack experience with good taste for UI/UX
Worked on either cutting edge implementations of LLMs or shipped LLM products used by real users
Who Thrives Here
Young, ambitious builders with a blank-slate mindset. Founder energy or campus incubator DNA. Someone who has shipped things end-to-end and owns the outcome. Strong preference for candidates from top technical environments (Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Poly, CMU), but we'll hire the best builder regardless of pedigree. If you need a roadmap to do your best work, this role will be a bad fit.
What Success Looks Like: First 90 Days
Ship a coaching agent that gives athletes useful feedback on at least one swing dimension
Set up automated metrics for coaching accuracy, hallucination rate, and response quality
Get response latency into the real-time window
Know where the agent breaks and have a plan to fix it
Release to several sports beyond golf: padel, tennis, cricket, etc.
Benefits
Full health + dental coverage
401(k)
Daily team lunches
Weekly team events (including golf)