Software Engineer

LlamaIndex

Software Engineer designing and developing web applications for AI-powered knowledge SaaS platform. Collaborating with product and design teams in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $215,000 - $280,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDockerJavaScriptKubernetesNext.jsNode.jsPythonReactTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and ship customer-facing features for an AI-powered knowledge SaaS platform—from prototype to production.
Build responsive, component-based UIs using JavaScript/TypeScript and a modern React-based framework (e.g., Next.js, shadcn).
Integrate large-language-model workflows—prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-step AI agents—into the front-end experience.
Implement supporting APIs or micro-services in Python or Node.js; containerize with Docker and deploy via a cloud-native orchestration platform (Terraform, Google Cloud Run, or Kubernetes).
Collaborate with product and design teams, gather iterative user feedback, write design docs, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related field
Five (5) years in the job offered or a related occupation in software engineering
One (1) years of working with LLM (large language model) in the context of front-end engineering
Production web application development using JavaScript/TypeScript and a React-based framework.
Building back-end services or APIs with Python or Node.js
Experience designing and delivering at least one user-facing application that integrates large-language-models or AI agents via prompt engineering or retrieval-augmented generation.
Participating in agile development cycles, translating iterative user feedback into product features, and writing technical design documentation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Telecommuting is permitted
Employee Referral Program offered by LlamaIndex Inc.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsPythonNode.jsDockerTerraformGoogle Cloud RunKubernetes

Soft Skills

collaborationuser feedbackdesign documentationcode reviewsmentoring

Certifications

Bachelor’s in Computer ScienceBachelor’s in Software EngineeringBachelor’s in Information Technology