Senior Member of Technical Staff

Role details

ABOUT THE ROLE Join a small, early-stage public safety technology team building AI tools to help law enforcement teams search and analyze complex evidence. In this high-autonomy role, you will build and deploy production systems that support sensitive investigative work. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build resilient, secure distributed systems for AI-powered evidence search and analysis. - Deploy large language models, vision models, and other machine learning systems in production settings. - Design retrieval-augmented generation pipelines and semantic search infrastructure for unstructured data. - Architect structured data systems, including query planning and semantic reasoning layers. - Develop or integrate agentic systems that reason, plan, and take actions across investigative data. - Keep pace with evolving AI models and infrastructure approaches, and drive solutions from idea through delivery. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 6 years of backend engineering experience building distributed systems, including senior, staff, founding, or technical leadership work. - Experience deploying LLMs, vision models, or other machine learning systems in production. - Proficiency across multiple programming languages, including Python; experience with JavaScript or React is useful. - Hands-on experience building RAG or similar pipelines for unstructured data and systems for structured data, such as query planning or semantic modeling. - Experience with multiple infrastructure providers and a strong foundation in system security and resilience. - Experience at both established technology organizations and early-stage startups is valued. Agentic AI experience is a plus. - Must be authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary range: $150,000 to $215,000 annually. Equity details were not provided. LOCATION Hybrid in San Francisco, California.