Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI

Peregrine; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

Competitive 401k

Wellness stipend

HSA

Parental leave

Professional development

Recreational perks

Job summary

Peregrine is building an AI-forward platform in San Francisco. As part of our new AI team, you will deliver differentiated value to customers by crafting powerful, intuitive user experiences powered by generative AI.

You will work closely with our deployment team and users to iterate, solve real problems, and scale systems handling terabytes of data. Our stack spans Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, Kafka, React, Redux, and Mapbox, with PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Bedrock and Sagemaker, all on

Qualifications

• Own large portions of the application from start to finish.
• Ship software that delights users and scales with demand.
• Write robust, well-tested code deployed to users.
• Experience with distributed systems and large codebases.

Responsibilities

• Own large portions of the application from start to finish.
• Collaborate with deployment team and users to iterate solutions.
• Scale platform to handle terabytes of data and realtime queries.
• Develop AI-driven features and intuitive user experiences.

Skills

Ownership

Collaboration

Empathy

Python

Django

Celery

Airflow

React

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Bedrock

Sagemaker

AWS

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Django

Celery

Airflow

Kafka

React

Redux

Mapbox

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Bedrock

Sagemaker

AWS

Pulumi

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

• As an engineering team, we believe strongly that empathy improves our solutions. Seeing how people use the product is a priority and the way we get to the right answer. Engineers will have the opportunity to work closely with our team onsite to understand the variety of use cases that Peregrine serves
• We value both ownership and collaboration—you will take full responsibility for major features and work closely with other engineers to drive them to completion.
• We believe that humility and empathy are essential for building the right solutions—you will collaborate directly with our deployment team and users as we iterate to solve their problems. Perseverance and creativity are crucial to executing our vision
• As a member of our new AI team, you'll be instrumental in delivering differentiated value to our customers
• This team is charged with crafting powerful, intuitive user experiences powered by generative AI
• You’ll unlock entirely new ways for users to interact with our platform - whether through natural language commands or by enabling AI agents to handle complex tasks on their behalf
• Your work will shape safe, impactful AI-driven features that help customers solve real-world problems with greater speed and ease
• Your scope of work will include a wide range of complex challenges, including scaling our platform to handle terabytes of data ingested from a variety of sources, efficiently querying and notifying users on this data in realtime, and optimizing search algorithms to serve results quickly
• Our stack is constantly evolving but based on a backend foundation of Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, and Kafka; a frontend built in React, Redux, and Mapbox; data stores including PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch; machine learning models hosted in Bedrock and Sagemaker; and with AWS, Pulumi, Terraform, and Kubernetes as our underlying infrastructure

Benefits

• Health insurance: Enjoy top-notch health, dental, and vision insurance. Your health matters
• Unlimited PTO: Assume responsibility for how much time you take off. Trust is everything
• Competitive 401k: Leverage a Peregrine-sponsored 401k plan. And think of your future
• Wellness stipend: Use Peregrine's wellness stipend to focus your body and mind
• HSA: Set aside money to pay for qualified medical expenses with a HSA
• Parental leave: Because we want to support the Peregrine parents out there
• Professional development: Access a range of professional development courses and resources
• Recreational perks: Enjoy a whole host of travel and leisure discounts, and explore new things

Qualifications

• Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish
• Passion for crafting and shipping software solutions that delight users
• Thrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problems
• Excellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong and reliable software components
• Ability to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users
• Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases
• Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and / or in the open-source community
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Solid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systems
• Located in San Francisco and open to working in office
• Understanding of best practices for using generative AI responsibly, with bonus experience applying LLMs to enhance user experience
• Over 8 years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams