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Contextual AI · 1 day ago

Member of Technical Staff (Data Platform)

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$180K/yr - $250K/yr

Contextual AI is revolutionizing how AI Agents work by solving AI's most critical challenge: context. The role involves designing and implementing scalable services and databases to support data-intensive workloads and collaborating with ML researchers to enhance document understanding performance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AISoftware
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Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable services, APIs, and databases to support the processing and ingestion of petabytes of information daily
Build and improve state-of-the-art multimodal LLMs to maximize document understanding performance
Design and implement comprehensive evaluation pipelines for E2E agentic RAG workflows
Architect and build streaming infrastructure, data orchestration systems, vector databases
Collaborate with ML researchers to understand state-of-the-art (SOTA) requirements for RAG systems, translating them into service specifications
Work directly with product managers and application engineers to understand customer requirements for end-to-end RAG systems, and translate them into technical solutions
Ensure seamless integration with machine learning models and pipelines, enabling efficient model deployment and management
Mentor and guide junior team members, promoting knowledge sharing and professional growth

Qualification

Kubernetes servicesDistributed queuing systemsStreaming infrastructureVector databasesMachine learning conceptsProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

At least a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
Experience with Kubernetes services, distributed queuing systems, and streaming infrastructure
Proven ability to diagnose distributed vector databases and design systems for low-latency retrieval of image, text, audio, and video vectors
Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks, including dense information retrieval, document understanding/parsing models, and vision language model
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work closely with cross-functional teams

Benefits

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Company

Contextual AI

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Contextual AI specializes in customizable generative AI applications with RAG 2.0 technology for the banking and media industries.
dateFounded in 2023
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://contextual.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Contextual AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (16)
2024 (5)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$100M
Key Investors
GreycroftBain Capital Ventures
2024-08-01Series A· $80M
2023-06-07Seed· $20M

Leadership Team

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Douwe Kiela
CEO / Co-Founder
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Recent News

baincapitalventures.com
Contextual AI: Bain Capital Ventures
2026-01-20
PR Newswire
Contextual AI's State-of-the-Art Reranker Coming to Snowflake Cortex AI
2025-06-03
The New Stack
No, MCP Hasn’t Killed RAG — in Fact, They’re Complementary
2025-05-29
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