Operator-In-Residence (OIR): Agents

Primary Labs is looking for an Operator-in-Residence (OIR) to explore the frontier of local AI and agent frameworks and turn technical breakthroughs into company opportunities. The OIR will operate at the edge of emerging agent infrastructure, testing new frameworks, stress-testing capabilities, and building production-grade agents for real use cases.

Requirements

• Design and build agent-based systems using emerging agent frameworks as they are released
• Push the limits of local AI infrastructure to identify technical and commercial inflection points
• Ability to pressure test hardware and its performance capabilities for various agents
• Understand and develop a software stack for local, personalized agent deployments
• Build and execute evals to measure performance for different types of agents and architectures
• Translate technical experimentation into defensible product and company concepts
• Partner with investors to pressure-test ideas from both technical and market perspectives
• Rapidly prototype, iterate, and deploy systems in real-world environments
• Operate with high autonomy and ownership across ideation, validation, and early product build

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity options
• Professional development opportunities