IT Operations & AI Agent Engineer (US-Based)

Ambi's data compliance model requires that user data and related operations stay within the US; the China-based R&D team cannot directly access sensitive data or production systems. This role owns that boundary and builds the AI Agent tooling that gives the China team a safe, indirect way to operate without crossing it.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operations of the US production environment: data storage, key management, decryption services
• Design and build an AI Agent platform that lets the China R&D team perform operational tasks -
• deployments, log lookups, monitoring queries - through conversational/tool-calling interfaces (function calling, MCP) instead of direct system access
• Implement guardrails at the Agent layer - data masking, scoped permissions, approval workflows - so the Agent can perform tasks but never exposes raw sensitive data
• Maintain complete, auditable logs of all operations
• Work with legal counsel to implement US data compliance requirements (e.g., CCPA) on the technical side
• Manage access control, security monitoring, and incident response for US infrastructure

Requirements

• Experience in DevOps/SRE or infrastructure engineering; familiar with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, and CI/CD
• Experience building AI Agent systems; familiar with LLM tool-calling and agent frameworks (LangChain, MCP, etc.)
• Background in security/compliance (encryption, key management, access control) is a plus
• Comfortable working remotely across time zones and languages with a China-based team

Nice to have

• Experience with similar cross-border data compliance architectures (e.g., TikTok-style setups)
• Startup experience; comfortable with ambiguity and fast-moving environments

· 180-220k salary + equity · Health, Dental, and Vision insurance · Generous PTO · Opportunity to travel globally

GM & Head of Product, US

Apply: join@ambi.ai