# Compilers, cryptography, and the cloud they run on — Hanzo AI

> Hanzo is a small team building an open AI cloud — the inference engine, the models, the backend services, and the agents that use them.

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# Compilers, cryptography,and the cloud they run on.

Hanzo is a small team building an open AI cloud — the inference engine, the models, the backend services, and the agents that use them.

[View Open Positions](#open-positions)[Read the history](https://hanzo.ai/about)

How we hire

- Application Review01
- Initial Interview02
- Technical Assessment03
- Final Interview04

We review your resume and application materials

Get to know you and your experience

Showcase your skills (no whiteboarding)

Meet the team and discuss next steps

## Benefits & Perks

How the team actually works.

### Remote-first

The team is distributed. Work from wherever you already live.

### Your own hours

We care what you ship, not what time you were online.

### Small team

Few enough people that you own whole systems rather than tickets.

### The work is public

Most of what we build is open source, under your own name.

## Open Positions

Remote, unless the work needs hardware in a room.

[### AI/ML Research Engineer](https://hanzo.ai/careers/ai-ml-research-engineer)

Remote / SF Full-time AI Research

Work on foundational models, fine-tuning, and novel architectures. Experience with transformers, RLHF, and distributed training required.

[Apply for this role](https://hanzo.ai/careers/ai-ml-research-engineer)[View Details](https://hanzo.ai/careers/ai-ml-research-engineer)

[### Compiler Engineer](https://hanzo.ai/careers/compiler-engineer)

Remote Full-time Engineering

Build high-performance inference engines and model compilers. Experience with LLVM, MLIR, or similar frameworks preferred.

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[### MCP Protocol Engineer](https://hanzo.ai/careers/mcp-protocol-engineer)

Remote Full-time Infrastructure

Design and implement Model Context Protocol servers and tooling. Shape the future of AI agent infrastructure.

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[### Cryptography Engineer (ZKP)](https://hanzo.ai/careers/cryptography-engineer-zkp)

Remote Full-time Blockchain

Implement zero-knowledge proofs for AI verification and on-chain compute. Experience with SNARKs/STARKs required.

[Apply for this role](https://hanzo.ai/careers/cryptography-engineer-zkp)[View Details](https://hanzo.ai/careers/cryptography-engineer-zkp)

[### Senior Backend Engineer (Go/Rust)](https://hanzo.ai/careers/senior-backend-engineer)

Remote Full-time Platform

Build scalable, high-performance backend services for our AI platform. Experience with distributed systems required.

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[### Product Designer](https://hanzo.ai/careers/product-designer)

Remote / SF Full-time Design

Design beautiful, intuitive interfaces for AI products. Experience with developer tools and data visualization a plus.

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Don't see a position that fits your skills?

[Submit Open Application](https://hanzo.ai/careers/open)

## Ready to join us?

If you have read the codebase and had opinions about it, we want to hear them.

[Browse Open Positions](#open-positions)[careers@hanzo.ai](mailto:careers@hanzo.ai)