Kopius · 7 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, AI
Valence is an innovative company pioneering AI-native coaching platforms for enterprises, seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the technical foundation of their LLM-powered product. The role involves architecting and optimizing core components, collaborating with teams to deliver exceptional user experiences, and influencing the engineering culture as the company grows.
Information Technology
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
You've got significant experience in a combination of scaling startups and best-in-class engineering organizations, with Python, Ruby, Go, C# or similar language
You've got hands-on experience from ML roles, coursework, side projects, and/or LLM applications
You've architected and shipped production-grade systems - ideally in AI, distributed infrastructure, or high-velocity B2B environments
You move fluidly between crafting clean abstractions and deploying scrappy experiments when speed to insight matters most
You write reliable code and care as much about how your work performs in the hands of customers as how it performs in CI
You thrive in ambiguity, value momentum over perfection, and happily wear multiple hats when it means unblocking the team
You think in experiments, validate with data, and believe that observation beats assumption every time
Preferred
JS, Vue, React are nice to haves
Bonus points for running evals or demonstrating a great grasp of model quality/performance tradeoffs
Benefits
Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) from day one
Generous PTO, company-wide R&R shutdowns, and paid parental leave
Retirement plan support for US and global employees
Meaningful ownership in a venture-backed company at a growth inflection point
Financial upside that comes from scaling fast
Top-up grants as we scale and you deliver exceptional performance — your compensation grows alongside your impact