Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI

Peregrine Technologies
San Francisco, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior software engineers with AI experience who thrive in collaborative, mission-driven environments.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers with 8+ years of experience in cross-functional teams and AI integration
    — “Over 8 years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams.”
  • Candidates with a strong background in deploying and monitoring machine learning models
    — “Knowledge of how to train, deploy, integrate, and monitor machine learning models”
  • Individuals who enjoy solving ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges
    — “Thrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problems”

Things to consider

  • The role requires in-office presence in San Francisco, limiting remote flexibility
    — “Located in San Francisco and open to working in office”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work with large, evolving codebases and infrastructure
    — “Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with generative AI and real-time data processing in your resume
    — “crafting powerful, intuitive user experiences powered by generative AI”
  • Showcase your ability to own and deliver large-scale features from start to finish
    — “Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish”
  • Emphasize your background in deploying ML models on AWS platforms like Sagemaker
    — “machine learning models hosted in Bedrock and Sagemaker”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • crafting powerful, intuitive user experiences
  • delivering differentiated value to customers
  • shaping safe, impactful AI-driven features
Typical background
over 8 years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentAI IntegrationData IngestionReal-time QueryingSearch Algorithm OptimizationCode DeploymentSoftware Development Best Practices

Preferred

LLM IntegrationAI Ethics

Stack & domain

PythonDjangoCeleryAirflowKafkaReactReduxMapboxPostgreSQLElasticsearchBedrockSagemakerAWSPulumiTerraformKubernetesMachine LearningGenerative AILlmsUser Experience DesignData IngestionRealtime QueryingSearch AlgorithmsCode DeploymentOwnershipCollaborationEmpathyPerseveranceCreativityTechnical VisionProblem SolvingCommunicationTeamworkProject ManagementPublic SafetyState And Local GovernmentsFederal AgenciesPrivate-sector InstitutionsAi-enabled PlatformOperational IntelligenceData AnalysisUser ExperienceMachine Learning ModelsCloud Infrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Peregrine Technologies via Greenhouse

Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI-enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence — instantly surfacing mission-critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125 million people — and we’re amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally. 

Team

As 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.

Role

As a member of our engineering 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. 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 you

Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish

Passion for crafting and shipping software solutions that delight users

Thrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problems

Excellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong and reliable software components

What we look for

Understanding of best practices for using generative AI responsibly, with bonus experience applying LLMs to enhance user experience

Knowledge of how to train, deploy, integrate, and monitor machine learning models

Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

Over 8 years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams.

Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and / or in the open-source community

Ability to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users

Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases

Located in San Francisco and open to working in office

Salary Range: $200,000 - $275,000 Annually + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)

Annual Salary + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)$200,000—$275,000 USDActual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, certifications or licenses, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is here.

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Source: Peregrine Technologies careers (Greenhouse)

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