Senior Software Engineer, AI Platforms and Products
The New York Times4 days ago
Base Salary
$140k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for AI applications.
- Take ownership of core platform components and integrations.
- Build and operate vector database and retrieval infrastructure.
- Design and develop retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines.
- Build orchestration layers for multi-step AI workflows.
- Develop infrastructure for teams to create and manage AI applications.
- Architect and implement data pipelines and storage solutions.
- Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Ensure code quality, security, and system observability.
- Collaborate with various teams to translate requirements into capabilities.
- Review code and provide feedback to other engineers.
- Contribute to testing strategies for service reliability.
- Mentor other software engineers.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend development.
- 5+ years of experience in backend programming languages like Python or Go.
- 5+ years of experience designing and operating distributed systems and APIs.
- 1+ years of experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and related ecosystems.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s).
- Company-matching 401(k) plan.
- Paid vacation and sick days.
- Paid parental leave.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.