AI Engineer – Agent Systems

About Us

BREAKFAST Studio is a pioneering team creating kinetic sculptures that seamlessly merge engineering, motion, and creativity. Our projects, celebrated for their technical and artistic innovation, are commissioned and collected by leading global brands and institutions, including Harvard University, Rockefeller Center, Tiffany & Co., and Royal Caribbean.

One of our recent works, The Pearl, is the world’s largest electro-mechanical kinetic sculpture, installed aboard Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas. Our creations have been showcased at prestigious venues such as the 2024 Venice Biennale and London’s Moco Museum, continually pushing the boundaries of engineering and design.

At BREAKFAST Studio, we are a collaborative team of engineers, designers, and artists dedicated to solving unique challenges and creating awe-inspiring works. Join us to apply your expertise to projects that redefine what’s possible, blending technical precision with creative freedom.

The Role

We’re looking for a technical AI Engineer to help reinvent how our studio works. Your mission: triple the productivity of our team without increasing headcount, by embedding AI into the core of how we operate. You’ll have broad autonomy to identify bottlenecks, evaluate the best tools on the market, and build lightweight, effective solutions—sometimes from scratch, sometimes by stitching together the right stack of existing software.

This isn’t about chasing hype. It’s about finding real leverage—turning what currently takes days or weeks into something that takes minutes or hours, without compromising quality. You’ll partner closely with each member of the team (design, engineering, production, sales, and marketing) to figure out what’s worth solving, then go solve it. If you’ve been waiting for the rare role that combines technical creativity, startup speed, and meaningful ownership, we’d love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities

• Reimagine workflows  – Work closely with our team to identify where our workflows are slowing us down or holding us back.
• Evaluate tools – Stay on top of emerging GenAI platforms and software. Test and compare third-party solutions that could meaningfully speed up our processes. Where should we buy instead of build.
• Build smart systems – Create AI-powered tools and automations using OpenAI, Relevance AI, n8n, LangChain, and other platforms. Use whatever stack solves the problem best.
• Own the lifecycle – From identifying the need to designing, building, and refining the solution—you’ll lead the whole process.
• Collaborate and listen – Work across all teams to understand what “good” looks like in each discipline. Build the systems that complement, accelerate and support their work.
• Scale what works – Once a solution proves useful, optimize it for long-term use and share the value across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience – 5+ years of experience in some combination of: AI system development and automation, and software development. Ideally, with some Product Management experience as well.
• Technical Skills – Mastery of AI tools and platforms, with the ability to develop custom solutions when necessary.
• Analytical Thinking – Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex processes and identify optimization opportunities.
• Autonomy – Comfortable working independently and taking initiative to drive projects forward, ideally at a small company (<30 ppl)
• Communication – Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with a diverse team.
• Bonus – Passion for art and technology, experience at an early stage start-up,

What We Offer