Job Title: Software Engineer, Desktop Automation

Company Name: Sola

Job Url: https://builtin.com/job/software-engineer-desktop-automation/8995400

Job Description: 
Sola
Software Engineer, Desktop Automation
Job Posted 10 Hours Ago Posted 10 Hours Ago
Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
160K-300K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software • Automation
The Role
Sola seeks a Software Engineer for Desktop Automation to own and enhance their execution platform, focusing on reliability and integrating with AI pipelines.
Summary Generated by Built In
Join Us in Building the Future of Digital Work
At Sola, we’re transforming the way work is done. We’re developing AI agents that make powerful automation effortless, enabling any user to record a workflow and instantly scale it up to millions of executions.

Sola today powers enterprise workflows in Fortune 100 companies, with a horizontal platform that works across healthcare, finance, legal, logistics, and more. We’ve raised $21M in funding from a16z, Conviction (Sarah Guo), and Y Combinator, and are looking for passionate engineers to help us continue to scale.

If you’re interested in being on the forefront of agentic automation, we’d love to hear from you!

What to expect
We're solving one of the most interesting problems in AI today: building reliable, deterministic execution on top of non-deterministic AI models.

Desktop automation is the most challenging frontier of computer use automation. Modern enterprise environments mix legacy Win32 software, Citrix virtual desktops, and modern apps, each requiring a different approach to perception and control. You'll own everything from session management and remote desktop protocols to screen capture and the hybrid perception pipeline combining Windows accessibility trees with VLM-based visual grounding.

This role is open to full-time remote or in-person at our HQ in New York. Our team today is split between both. If you’re in New York (or open to relocating) you’ll be in-person every day with a tight-knit founding team. If you’re remote, you’ll have the opportunity to come to NY for frequent meetups when we bring the remote teams together.

What you'll do
Own the desktop execution platform: session lifecycle, remote access / execution, and integration with the AI pipeline

Build and evolve the remote desktop substrate (VNC/RFB, RDP) that connects agents to Windows sessions

Work deeply with ML-focused team members on bringing in additional context to recording and execution pipelines

Drive reliability and observability across the desktop execution platform

What we're looking for
You've built and operated automation infrastructure (browser or desktop) with strong instincts about reliability and failure modes

You have deep systems knowledge in some or all of the following: OS-level APIs, remote desktop protocols, browser internals, or accessibility frameworks

You’re interested in being in-person 5 days a week in our NY office (we’ll cover relocation), or you have proven track record of working remotely (self-motivated, proactive, and a great communicator)

You might excel if
You have deep knowledge of Windows desktop internals: accessibility APIs (UIA, MSAA), Win32, or remote desktop protocols (VNC/RFB, RDP)

You have prior experience building Windows desktop VM automation and orchestration

You're an expert in some or all of our stack: TypeScript, Python, Appium, VNC/RFB, Tailscale, Temporal, Kubernetes

You're ambitious, creative, and a great communicator

Why Sola
$21M raised from top-tier VCs (a16z, Conviction, YCombinator) and growing incredibly fast

Proven traction with Fortune 100 customers, with horizontal applicability across a variety of domains (including finance, healthcare, legal, logistics, and more)

Leading-edge agentic AI tech, solving deep problems in partnership with the AI labs (ex. Anthropic, AWS AGI Lab)

Small team, early stage, with an opportunity for outsized impact on the company’s future

Work closely with founders Jessica Wu (ex-Citadel, Thrive Capital) and Neil Deshmukh (MIT Quest for Intelligence Lab), alongside David Fullerton (ex-CTO Heap, Stack Overflow)

Compensation & Benefits
Sola offers competitive salary plus meaningful equity at Series A stage. Exact compensation is based on experience and level.

We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) matching, daily meals together in the office, flexible PTO (4 weeks per year), and relocation support for candidates not already based in NYC.


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Top Skills
Appium
Kubernetes
Python
Rdp
Rfb
Tailscale
Temporal
Typescript
Vnc