Senior AI Engineer
Drata
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $192,000 - $237,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
PythonTypeScript
About the role
- Design and implement LLM-powered systems capable of multi-step reasoning, evidence grounding, and decision support
- Develop agentic workflows that combine retrieval, tool use, structured reasoning, and human oversight
- Create interactive AI experiences that allow users to engage naturally with complex compliance and risk data
- Build AI systems that reason over structured and unstructured data to support regulatory interpretation
- Ensure AI outputs are traceable, explainable, and auditable
- Architect and deploy scalable LLM + retrieval + agent systems in production environments
- Optimize for latency, cost, reliability, and evaluation in real-world enterprise workloads
- Partner with various teams to operationalize AI safely and effectively
- Embed human-in-the-loop workflows, confidence thresholds, and safety guardrails into AI systems
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- 2+ years specifically in ML/AI engineering
- Proficiency in Python; TypeScript experience is a plus
- Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma, FAISS, etc.) and RAG system design
- Proven experience building and shipping LLM-based applications in production
- Track record of taking AI systems from concept to production
- Ability to decompose complex tasks into agentic workflows
- Experience working cross-functionally with product, compliance, security, and engineering teams
Benefits
- Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
- Comprehensive wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services
- A comprehensive suite of financial benefits including a 401(k) plan
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts
- Access to discounted voluntary offerings
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment
- Generous annual stipends for both professional and personal development
- Flexible vacation policy, paid holidays, and other perks
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
software engineeringML engineeringAI engineeringPythonTypeScriptvector databasesRAG system designLLM-based applicationsagentic workflowsregulatory interpretation
Soft skills
cross-functional collaborationproblem decompositioncommunicationteam partnershiphuman oversightsafety awarenessdecision supportorganizational skillsadaptabilitycritical thinking