• Strong hands-on software engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to independently design and build working systems.
• Experience building applications using LLMs, agentic frameworks, tool calling, or multi-agent architectures.
• Familiarity with identity, authentication, authorization, service discovery, or distributed systems.
• Ability to learn and apply emerging protocols such as MCP and A2A.
• Strong technical judgment and an ability to navigate ambiguous, open-ended problems.
• Experience rapidly developing prototypes, proof-of-concepts, or early-stage products.
• Solid backend development skills in Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript.
• Understanding of APIs, cloud infrastructure, and modern software architectures.
• A curious, experimental mindset and the ability to connect technical possibilities with business opportunities.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience with agent identity, verifiable credentials, decentralized identifiers, or agent registries.
• Background in enterprise identity, IAM, SSO, OAuth, or zero-trust security.
• Experience in telecom, 5G core, NTN, network APIs, IoT, or network equipment.
• Experience at an early-stage startup, research lab, or advanced technology team.
• Contributions to open-source projects involving AI agents, identity, or agent protocols.
• Experience taking an experimental project from concept through customer or partner validation.
• Advanced degree in AI, computer science, networking, or a related field.
• What Success Looks Like
• You'll be successful if you can independently identify promising technical opportunities, build compelling demonstrations, and help Skylo determine which emerging agentic AI capabilities have the potential to become valuable products or services.