Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Altimate AI, a San Francisco-based company revolutionizing enterprise data operations with AI-driven solutions. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our AI capabilities and building high-performance backend systems. This position requires 10+ years of experience in Python-based web application backends and scalable system development. You will work on projects integrating LLM architectures, designing graph-based data structures, and developing an intelligent SQL ecosystem. Altimate AI offers competitive salaries, equity, professional development opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building Python-based web application backends and the infrastructure on which they run
• Extensive experience in building scalable back-end systems, APIs, and microservices
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of the backend infrastructure that powers state-of-the-art Large Language Model (LLM) architectures, including RAG, ReAct, and Agent-based systems
• Architect data pipelines for processing extensive datasets and devise AI-powered endpoints crucial for our SaaS application and VSCode Extension
• Design and develop large-scale graph-based data structures that effectively model complex data stores
• Create intricate, efficient structures that can be fed to our AI applications as context, ensuring both scalability and performance
• Lead the design and development of a comprehensive SQL intelligence system encompassing query optimization, dynamic pipeline generation, and data lineage tracking
• Leverage expertise in SQL query profiling, AST analysis, and parsing to create a sophisticated engine focused on query performance improvements and implementing granular column-level lineage

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FastAPI for building high-performance APIs
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning concepts, particularly in the context of Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Strong proficiency in SQL, including query profiling, optimization, and performance tuning
• Experience with SQL Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) analysis and working with SQL parsers (e.g., sqlglot)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Base Salary Range: $50,000 - $120,000 [influenced by your expertise, where you live, how the interview goes, and how well you match the role]
• Equity: 0.0% - 0.4%
• Extensive professional development opportunities and resources for continuous learning
• Dynamic and intellectually stimulating work environment with a team of talented engineers
• Opportunities to shape the direction of the company and leave a lasting impact