Software Engineer - AI Systems

The role

You will design and implement systems that coordinate large language models with real-world tasks. You will build LLM-powered software, architect AI-powered software stacks, and conduct research to improve the system.

What you will do

• Build LLM-powered software by designing prompt flows and orchestrations
• Architect and build a production-grade, testable and maintainable AI-powered software stack
• Design and build experiments and evaluation frameworks for performance testing at scale
• Conduct data analysis to draw conclusions
• Collaborate with AI, security, frontend and backend teams to create end-to-end systems
• Own projects end-to-end from ideation to deployment and production monitoring
• Conduct research on how to harness LLM advancements to make the system better and faster

Required qualifications

• Strong experience with building software around LLMs: prompting, agentic orchestration, fault-tolerance, and integration of LLM parts with hard-coded logic
• Strong software engineering skills in architecting and building production-grade software
• Experience with TypeScript or proven ability to learn a new programming language quickly
• Strong skills in structured and independently-driven problem-solving
• MSc or equivalent or higher in computer science, math, physics or machine learning

Nice to have

• Prior experience with the security sector, especially involving offensive security and/or applying LLMs in a security context
• Contributions to open-source software, particularly within applications of or frameworks for LLMs
• Strong theoretical background, e.g. a Ph.D in machine learning, computer science or math
• Startup experience and comfort with ambiguity

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous equity package
• Career growth opportunities
• Meaningful work tackling technically complex challenges

Before you apply

• 45-min introductory chat with Talent team
• 45 minutes with one of the Engineering Leads
• 2-3 hour technical deep dive around relevant case study
• 30-min final meeting with the Engineering Lead

About the company

XBOW is building an AI-powered platform for offensive security that autonomously discovers, validates, and exploits vulnerabilities. It was founded by Oege de Moor and is backed by Sequoia and Altimeter.