Valence · 5 months ago
Senior Software Engineer, AI
New York, New York
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelValence is a Series A B2B SaaS company pioneering the first generative AI leadership coach for large enterprises. The Senior Software Engineer, AI will architect and optimize core components of the LLM-driven coaching engine, collaborating closely with product and design teams to deliver resilient user experiences.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologySaaS
No H1B
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and optimize core components of our LLM-driven coaching engine
Collaborate with product, design, and infrastructure to deliver delightful, resilient user experiences
Own end-to-end systems: from model integration to frontend delivery, evaluation and observability
Design for scale, security, and performance across enterprise environments
Influence and evolve our engineering culture, roadmap, and technical bar
Debug across the stack—from model behavior to data infra to UI
Help shape hiring, tooling, and internal processes as we grow
Qualification
Required
Significant experience in a combination of scaling startups and best-in-class engineering organizations
Deep Python expertise (Django preferred)
Confidence querying databases independently to build your own datasets
Hands-on experience from ML roles, coursework, side projects, and/or LLM applications
Experience running evals or demonstrating a great grasp of model quality/performance tradeoffs
Experience architecting and shipping production-grade systems, ideally in AI, distributed infrastructure, or high-velocity B2B environments
Ability to balance speed with scalability
Ability to move fluidly between crafting clean abstractions and deploying scrappy experiments
Ability to write reliable code and care about how work performs in the hands of customers
Thrives in ambiguity and values momentum over perfection
Ability to think in experiments, validate with data, and believe that observation beats assumption
Benefits
Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, and vision) from day 1.
Generous PTO, company-wide R&R shutdowns and paid leave for parents.
A WFH stipend, phone stipend and support to work in a We Work or other space as preferred.
Company
Valence
Valence provides an AI coach for employee development and organizational performance.
Founded in 2017
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$75.09MKey Investors
Bessemer Venture PartnersM3 LendingInsight Partners
2025-09-25Series B· $50M
2025-08-12Corporate Round· $0.09M
2022-05-03Series A· $25M
Leadership Team
Parker Mitchell
Co-Founder and CEO
Recent News
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