Senior Software Engineer, AI

Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer, AI role at PeregrineJoin to apply for the Senior Software Engineer, AI role at PeregrineGet AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.Backed by leading investors from Silicon Valley, Peregrine supports public safety agencies across the country — from Los Angeles to Louisville to Atlanta — empowering public servants to improve operations and make better decisions in the moments that matter. Today, our technology is used by customers to serve more than 30 million Americans. We’re motivated to build technologies by partnering with our customers; we listen to their needs, learn from their experiences, and develop effective solutions to help them achieve transformational outcomes. Together, we’re creating safer communities, protecting privacy and civil liberties, and helping everyone in America thrive.We are a team of public service entrepreneurs who are passionate about solving hard problems. We trust and help each other, and love diving into challenges together. We believe empathy, curiosity, integrity, courage, and excellent execution are key to building impactful software. If mission-focused work is your north star, come build with us. We’re just getting started.TeamAs an engineering team, we believe strongly that empathy improves our solutions. Seeing how people use the product is a priority and the way we get to the right answer. Engineers will have the opportunity to work closely with our team onsite to understand the variety of use cases that Peregrine serves.We value both ownership and collaboration—you will take full responsibility for major features and work closely with other engineers to drive them to completion. We believe that humility and empathy are essential for building the right solutions—you will collaborate directly with our deployment team and users as we iterate to solve their problems. Perseverance and creativity are crucial to executing our vision.RoleAs a leader in our new AI team, you’ll be instrumental in delivering differentiated value to our customers. This team is charged with crafting powerful, intuitive user experiences powered by generative AI. You'll unlock entirely new ways for users to interact with our platform—whether through natural language commands or by enabling AI agents to handle complex tasks on their behalf. Your work will shape safe, impactful AI-driven features that help customers solve real-world problems with greater speed and ease.Your scope of work will include a wide range of complex challenges, including scaling our platform to handle terabytes of data ingested from a variety of sources, efficiently querying and notifying users on this data in realtime, and optimizing search algorithms to serve results quickly.Our stack is constantly evolving but based on a backend foundation of Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, and Kafka; a frontend built in React, Redux, and Mapbox; data stores including PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch; machine learning models hosted in Bedrock and Sagemaker; and with AWS, Pulumi, Terraform, and Kubernetes as our underlying infrastructure.About YouDesire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finishPassion for crafting and shipping software solutions that delight usersThrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problemsExcellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong and reliable software componentsWhat We Look ForUnderstanding of best practices for using generative AI responsibly, with bonus experience applying LLMs to enhance user experienceDegree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience3+ years of experience working with cross-functional software development teamsExperience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and / or in the open-source communityAbility to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to usersSolid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systemsStrong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebasesLocated in Washington, D.C. and open to working in officeSalary Range: $130,000 - $250,000 Annually + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. 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