Senior Software Engineer, Backend

The role

You will design, develop, and scale data stores and caching systems to petabyte scale. You will also work with retrieval-augmented generation systems.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, and scaling of data storage and caching systems to petabyte scale.
• Spearhead the development of advanced retrieval-augmented generation systems.
• Develop highly efficient caching systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data infrastructure challenges to minimize downtime.
• Lead efforts in retrieval-augmented generation systems.

Required qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience building scalable web services.
• Background in software engineering with specialization in architecting and optimizing data infrastructure at scale.
• Track record of architecting and scaling data stores to petabyte-level data volumes.
• Competence in designing and implementing caching systems to optimize data access latency.
• Proficiency in scaling, managing, and fine-tuning MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and OpenSearch.
• Expertise in Python/C++.
• Knowledge of software development best practices.
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks.
• Comprehension of diverse database management systems.
• Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation systems and their application in data workflows.
• Problem-solving abilities.
• Aptitude for collaborative problem resolution in a team environment.

Benefits

• Stock options for regular Full-time employees.
• Comprehensive health package.
• Flexible time off.
• Winter Break.
• Cutting-edge equipment and branded gear.

About the company

Ambient.ai is the category creator and leader in Agentic Physical Security. Founded in 2017, the company uses a reasoning Vision-Language Model to unify monitoring, access control, threat assessment, response, and investigations.