Foundry is building the Griptape ecosystem to help studios integrate AI into their pipelines. Griptape Nodes is a Python-first, node-based orchestration layer that connects image, video, 3D, audio, and text models—running locally or in the cloud, model-agnostic, and integrated into Nuke, Maya, Blender, and beyond. Griptape Studio provides a production-aware context layer so AI work stays coherent across an entire production.

As a Software Engineer on this team, you will work on the surface artists touch most in Griptape Nodes: how they access and use AI models. You will report to the Director of Engineering, land new model support on day one, translate technical model behavior into validation messages artists can act on, and design the next-generation interface for open-source and local models, including deep local-model support that enables chat, agent loops, and more.

Our North Star is 'Craveability'—we build products people crave to use, not just tolerate. We measure success by how much users enjoy our products, aiming for flow, polish, and trust. The essentials:

* Strong Python with the engineering habits to back it up — type hints, tests, packaging, and dependency management aren't optional in your code. You can own a non-trivial feature end-to-end. * A degree in computer science. * Customer empathy and intuition. You can write the validation, error messages, and defaults that translate technical reality into language an artist can act on — without needing to ask an artist what to write. * Working knowledge of the modern model ecosystem — foundation models, diffusio

Foundry is building the Griptape ecosystem to help studios integrate AI into their pipelines. Griptape Nodes is a Python-first, node-based orchestration layer that connects image, video, 3D, audio, and text models—running locally or in the cloud, model-agnostic, and integrated into Nuke, Maya, Blender, and beyond. Griptape Studio provides a production-aware context layer so AI work stays coherent across an entire production.

As a Software Engineer on this team, you will work on the surface artists touch most in Griptape Nodes: how they access and use AI models. You will report to the Director of Engineering, land new model support on day one, translate technical model behavior into validation messages artists can act on, and design the next-generation interface for open-source and local models, including deep local-model support that enables chat, agent loops, and more.

Our North Star is 'Craveability'—we build products people crave to use, not just tolerate. We measure success by how much users enjoy our products, aiming for flow, polish, and trust. The essentials:

* Strong Python with the engineering habits to back it up — type hints, tests, packaging, and dependency management aren't optional in your code. You can own a non-trivial feature end-to-end. * A degree in computer science. * Customer empathy and intuition. You can write the validation, error messages, and defaults that translate technical reality into language an artist can act on — without needing to ask an artist what to write. * Working knowledge of the modern model ecosystem — foundation models, diffusio