Senior/Staff Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance the foundational infrastructure that supports Vectara's AI agent platform.

• Create resilient services and scalable systems with a focus on automation, observability, reliability, and performance.

• Oversee code, system design, and architectural reviews while providing guidance and mentorship to team members.

• Design, implement, and sustain scalable and secure backend services and platform components.

• Propel infrastructure automation, CI/CD processes, and monitoring/alerting pipelines.

• Collaborate with product engineering and research teams to deploy, scale, and optimize ML/NLP workloads.

• Spearhead initiatives to enhance system reliability, scalability, and developer experience.

• Play a key role in architecture and infrastructure decisions as the platform evolves.

• Advocate for best practices in code quality, testing, and DevOps culture throughout the team.

• Leverage AI-assisted coding, manage multiple tasks, and utilize AI agents to execute work efficiently and thoughtfully.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience as a software engineer specializing in backend systems and platform engineering.

• Expertise in Java and Python programming languages.

• Extensive experience with various computing environments (GCP, AWS, On-premises, or Azure).

• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Proficient in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.).

• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, etc.).

• Experience working on ML platforms or supporting ML workloads in a production environment.

• Proven experience in designing and managing distributed systems.

• Understanding of data infrastructure components (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Airflow).

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.

• Flexible working hours and remote work options.

• Collaborative and inclusive company culture.