Senior AI Engineer

Drata
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 192,000 - 259,800 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Communication","Leadership","Adaptability"]

Design, build, and scale AI-driven systems with LLMs and agent-based workflows for a high-trust, enterprise platform. Lead end-to-end AI architecture in production, enabling multi-product applicability, retrieval-augmented reasoning, and human-in-the-loop oversight within a fast-paced, hybrid work environment.

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Drata
Drata
8 months ago

Senior AI Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, build, and scale AI-driven systems with LLMs and agent-based workflows for a high-trust, enterprise platform. Lead end-to-end AI architecture in production, enabling multi-product applicability, retrieval-augmented reasoning, and human-in-the-loop oversight within a fast-paced, hybrid work environment.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement LLM-powered systems capable of multi-step reasoning, evidence grounding, and decision support in high-trust domains
  • •Develop agentic workflows that combine retrieval, tool use, structured reasoning, and human oversight
  • •Create interactive AI experiences that allow users to engage naturally with complex compliance and risk data
  • •Architect and deploy scalable LLM + retrieval + agent systems in production environments
  • •Ensure AI outputs are traceable, explainable, and auditable, meeting the expectations of enterprise customers and auditors

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 192,000 - 259,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityHealth Insurance401kPar ParentalPaid LeaveRsus

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of hands-on software engineering; 2+ years specifically in ML/AI engineering
  • •Proficiency in Python; TypeScript experience is a plus for production AI system integrations
  • •Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma, FAISS, etc.) and RAG system design
  • •Proven experience building and shipping LLM-based applications in production, including embeddings, RAG, agent frameworks, prompt engineering, and evaluation
  • •Production experience taking AI systems from concept to production with scalable, maintainable designs
Experience:7+ yearsEnterprise softwareAI/MLCompliance
Skills:CollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationLeadershipAdaptability
Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptPineconeChromaFAISSRAGLLMEmbeddings

Company Brief

Drata
Provides a continuous security and compliance automation platform to help companies achieve and maintain frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR through automated evidence collection and monitoring. ([drata.com](https://drata.com/blog/fy25-momentum?utm_source=openai))
Industry: RegTech
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 2020
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