AI Engineer - Agents at Campfire

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$180,000 – $300,000/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Full-time
Level: staff+
Posted: Sep 14, 2026

Description

Campfire is hiring an AI Engineer to build production AI agents that automate accounting workflows and help customers act on financial data. The role combines backend software engineering with LLM-powered agent development, including tool calling, orchestration, retrieval, data integration, quality monitoring, debugging, and architectural decisions. The engineer will own customer-facing features, collaborate with engineering, product, and design, and lead complex initiatives while mentoring other engineers.

Required Skills

Python
LLM agents
Tool calling
Distributed systems
Agent evaluations
Tracing
Monitoring

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Substantial experience designing, building, and operating production backend systems
Experience shipping LLM-powered agents used by real customers
Experience owning agent quality in production
Staff-level impact through complex initiatives, architectural decisions, and engineering leadership
Preferred Qualifications: Fintech or accounting experience
Curiosity about accounting and financial workflows
Translation Company Name: Campfire

About Campfire

Campfire

ERPSan Francisco, CA, US

Campfire is an AI-native ERP that automates accounting and financial reporting work, including transaction categorization, bank reconciliation, revenue recognition, and reporting. It is built for lean finance teams and modern mid-size companies, and supports global enterprise teams and mid-market technology companies. The platform includes a general ledger with multi-entity consolidation, revenue recognition for any billing model, reporting dashboards, and close management tools.

Open roles: 37
New in 30 days: 23
Founded: 2023

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