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Protegrity · 1 day ago

Senior Backend GenAI Software Engineer 773

Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$209K/yr - $234K/yr

10+ years exp

Protegrity is a global leader in data security, leveraging AI and advanced cryptographic methods to transform data protection. The Senior Backend GenAI Software Engineer will design and maintain software solutions for the secure consumption of Generative AI, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade products.

AnalyticsBig DataCloud SecurityCyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwarePrivacySecuritySoftware

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Responsibilities

Focus on designing, building, and maintaining software engineering solutions for products that enable the safe and secure consumption of GenAI by our customers

As a key technical leader, you will collaborate closely with other software engineers, product teams, AI researchers, and security specialists to deliver enterprise-grade software products and features for safe, secure, and private consumption of GenAI

Design and develop high-quality, scalable software products supporting our customer’s security, safety, and privacy of GenAI and LLM-based systems with advanced guardrail capabilities

Integrate GenAI systems including LLM, VectorDB, RAG pipelines, agents, and guardrails into the delivery of our product features on Kubernetes based architectures

Develop state of the art guardrails and systems leveraging agent workflows and tooling to support safety and security of GenAI

Develop, test, and maintain robust container based and microservice API architectures

Monitor, debug, and troubleshoot production issues

Participate in code reviews and contribute to team best practices

Stay at the forefront of industry trends in GenAI tooling, cloud-native solutions, and software development practices, applying insights to improve product capabilities

Collaborate with AI researchers and product teams to integrate advanced GenAI and LLM capabilities into production-grade software systems

Evaluate and integrate open-source tools and third-party platforms to accelerate product development

Qualification

GenAILarge Language ModelsBackend API developmentMicroservices architectureKubernetesPythonCloud solutionsNLPDevOps practicesAgile methodologiesIntellectual curiosityProblem-solvingCollaborationCommunicationContinuous learning

Required

10+ years of experience in backend software engineering with expertise in GenAI and LLM, and a focus on scaling GenAI solutions

Expertise developing and maintaining GenAI workflows including fine-tuning LLMs, embedding and vector databases, RAG workflows, and prompt engineering techniques

Experience developing and scaling cloud solutions using APIs, containers and microservice architectures with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, etc

Experience with integrating software products using authentication and authorization including cloud IAM, SSO, JWT, oAuth, etc

Strong programming skills in Python with experience in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)

Experience with large-scale unstructured data processing, including NLP, computer vision, or multimodal AI applications

Familiarity with version control tools, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Solid understanding of software development best practices, including Agile methodologies

Exceptional problem-solving skills, with a focus on secure AI system development

A collaborative mindset to work effectively in cross-functional environments

Strong communication skills to articulate complex AI concepts to diverse audiences, including executives and customers

A commitment to continuous learning and a passion for emerging AI security technologies

Intellectual curiosity with a passion for solving complex AI and security challenges

Benefits

Health Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision)

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401K

Annual Bonus Incentives

Short and Long Term Disability

Company

Protegrity

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For 15+ years, Protegrity has set the standard in precision data protection, helping enterprises secure and use sensitive data

Founded in 2004

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.protegrity.com

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