How to apply for Senior Software Engineer, Agent-Driven

About Gravity Climate

Gravity Climate is unique in its mission to simplify carbon footprint management specifically for industrial businesses, addressing a critical need in the climate-conscious economy. Unlike generic sustainability platforms, they focus on the complex industrial sector where emissions reductions have the most significant impact. Working here means contributing directly to tangible environmental solutions while operating at the intersection of technology and sustainability.

About the role

This Senior Software Engineer role is uniquely focused on agent-driven development, where you'll act as a hybrid individual contributor and manager by orchestrating a fleet of AI agents to produce software. You'll build the factory system for software development, including creating automated verification loops and writing skills for agents to understand the codebase and domain. This role is impactful because you'll be pioneering new development methodologies while directly enhancing the Gravity Agent that helps industrial businesses manage their carbon footprint.

A typical day

A typical day involves orchestrating your fleet of AI agents to produce software, updating system prompts based on project needs, and creating automated verification loops to ensure code quality. You'll spend time writing skills for agents to better understand the Gravity codebase and domain, while also researching emerging tools and methodologies to enhance the development factory system. Throughout the day, you'll switch between coaching agents, planning development cycles, and contributing code directly, all while maintaining clear communication with your human colleagues about system improvements and agent performance.

Who Gravity Climate is looking for

• A natural system builder who believes quality software emerges from speed of delivery, with experience creating development frameworks or automation systems
• Someone who excels at rapid context switching while maintaining fastidious attention to detail, crucial for managing multiple agents and verification systems simultaneously
• A clear, crisp communicator who holds themselves and colleagues to high standards of accountability, essential for coaching agents and sharing context effectively
• Technically proficient in Golang, Postgres, React/Typescript, Docker, AWS, and/or Terraform, with experience in agentic harnesses or AI-assisted development being a significant plus

Tips for this application

• Highlight specific examples where you've built systems or frameworks for software development, not just written code - focus on your 'factory building' experience
• Demonstrate your ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail by describing projects where you rapidly switched contexts while maintaining quality
• Showcase experience with agentic development, AI-assisted coding, or automation frameworks even if not explicitly listed - this role is fundamentally about agent-driven development
• Emphasize your communication skills in technical contexts, especially how you've held teams to high standards through clear documentation and processes
• Research Gravity Climate's specific approach to industrial carbon management and mention how your technical skills could enhance their agent-driven platform

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your experience with system building and creating development frameworks, not just coding', 'Examples of managing multiple priorities with meticulous attention to detail in fast-paced environments', "Specific technical experience with their stack (Golang, Postgres, React/Typescript, Docker, AWS, Terraform) and how you've used it to build scalable systems", "Your interest in agent-driven development and how you've worked with or would approach managing AI agents in software production"]

Research before applying

• Gravity Climate's specific focus on industrial businesses - understand why this sector is different from other carbon management markets
• Their Gravity Agent product and how it currently functions for customers
• The company's recent developments or announcements about their technology stack or agent-driven approach
• Industrial carbon accounting challenges to understand the domain context even though technical knowledge isn't required

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Describe a system or framework you built to improve software development velocity and quality
• How do you manage rapid context switching while maintaining attention to detail in complex projects?
• What's your experience with agentic harnesses, AI-assisted development, or automation in software engineering?
• How would you approach creating automated verification loops for code produced by AI agents?
• Describe a time you had to hold colleagues to high standards through clear communication and accountability

Common mistakes to avoid

• Focusing only on individual coding achievements without demonstrating system-building or framework-creation experience
• Presenting yourself as a specialist in one area when this role requires versatility across multiple technologies and contexts
• Failing to show interest in or understanding of agent-driven development methodologies, which is core to this position