Senior Software Engineer - Agent AI

Summary

Join Andesite, a cybersecurity firm building security products that transform how humans and AI collaborate, as a Senior Software Engineer. You will design, develop, and deploy agentic AI, build and maintain AI/ML infrastructure, collaborate with a cross-functional team, and stay current with machine learning research. This role requires a Master's/PhD (or equivalent experience) in a related field, 5+ years of software engineering experience building data science solutions, proficiency in programming languages like Python, and experience with ML frameworks and cloud platforms. Andesite offers a competitive salary, bonus, and equity, comprehensive health insurance, unlimited PTO, a flexible remote-first work environment, and 14 weeks of parental leave. The salary range is $150,000-$180,000. Apply even if you don't meet every requirement; passion for the mission is valued.

Requirements

• Masters/PhD (or Bachelor’s with equivalent experience) in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, specifically building and delivering data science, machine learning, or data analytics solutions in products at scale
• Proficient in one or more programming languages, such as Python, R, or Scala
• Experience with machine learning frameworks and libraries, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn
• Experience with cloud platforms and services, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

Responsibilities

• Design, Develop, and Deploy Agentic AI: You will help us build and iterate on a production agent architecture involving LLMs, RAG, and context/memory management.  You may also develop additional models to complement and interact with foundational models, with potential for fine-tuning based on specific use cases. This includes understanding requirements, designing solutions, collaborating with data engineers for necessary data, and deploying models into production. You will also be responsible for developing other models as needed to support evolving product requirements
• Develop and Manage AI/ML Infrastructure and Lifecycle: Build and maintain scalable and reliable AI/ML infrastructure to support model deployment, monitoring, and optimization. Contribute to the full AI/ML lifecycle—from development to production—while implementing observability tools to collect data, ensuring models perform reliably and enabling data-driven improvements
• Collaborate within a Cross-Functional Team: Work closely with product managers, product developers, threat analysts, data scientists, and other engineers to understand the business requirements and translate them into ML solutions
• Keep Pace with Research: Keep up with the latest research in machine learning, large language models, and cyber security and find ways to implement new findings into our core technology

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience training and fine-tuning large-scale foundational models, such as LLMs, or developing other production-grade language models, with a strong understanding of managing AI infrastructure and projects in a DevOps/MLOps setting
• Familiarity with security concepts, tools, and solutions, such as threat detection, vulnerability scanning, encryption, or authentication

Benefits

• An aggressively competitive salary, bonus, and equity package
• 100% employer paid, comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family
• Unlimited PTO, with your manager’s approval
• Flexible work environment where you manage your work day
• A remote-first environment, with occasional travel to collaborate with customers, your team, and teammates from across the company in person
• 14 weeks of fully-paid parental leave