Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer - AI Applications

Vanilla Technologies

Location:
United States

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

190000.00 - 210000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Vanilla is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - AI Applications with a strong background in software development, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. You will be utilizing existing Large Language Models to build applied AI applications focused on producing high accuracy rates. Your software engineering skills will come into play here as you’ll take ownership in constructing services to ingest structured results. If you’re a proactive problem-solver who lives to disrupt archaic processes with cutting-edge technology, this is the job for you. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will work collaboratively with engineering and subject matter experts to find innovative and disruptive uses of AI to streamline (or replace) workflows.

Job Responsibility:

Machine learning and AI: You are passionate and knowledgeable about the current and future state of AI
You will be utilizing existing Large Language Models to build applied AI applications focused on producing high accuracy rates. Your software engineer skills will come into play here as you'll take ownership in constructing services to ingest results
You will work with product, and engineering teams and build models/services that can ingest data, extract key information and surface insights
You can build tooling to support model training, evaluation, inference serving, monitoring and alerting
You want to use the latest ML frameworks and open source tools to develop new model training pipelines
Hands On Coding: You have direct experience with software engineering and are familiar with modern languages like Python, Javascript, Go, Rust
You have experience building microservices and understand the tradeoffs of the approach
Data handling: You can identify, extract, transform, and load data from disparate sources into a centralized system. You are able to normalize, cleanse, and validate this data
Database management: You are able to design and implement schemas, optimize queries, and manage database performance
Project management: You must be an effective self-organizer: prioritize tasks, manage resources, and communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders
Collaboration: We are one team. You must be able to collaborate with engineers, subject matter experts, product managers, and designers to ensure the success of projects

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years relevant work experience
Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python or Javascript
Experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar for both chat and API interfaces
Deep understanding of machine learning and AI technologies, including the ability to design, train, and implement machine learning models and use natural language processing techniques for automation
Production experience with scalability and best-practices of AI infrastructure
Must have experience with AI observability, monitoring, and signaling using tools like LangChain or LangGraph
Hands-on experience using RAG and chunking to tune LLM performance
Experienced with LLM orchestration tooling and decision frameworks
Experience or exposure building agentic capabilities and workflows
Experience or exposure to evaluation testing frameworks
Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems
ability to think abstractly
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future

Nice to have:

You have hands-on experience with AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). You’ve worked with OpenAI, GPT models, or other similar technologies and have integrated them into real-world applications
You are a critically thinking software engineer. You have built and maintained scalable microservices and understand the tradeoffs of this architecture
You can build AI-powered applications with high accuracy. You understand the challenges of AI implementation and know how to optimize models, fine-tune them, and create efficient pipelines for training, evaluation, and deployment
You are a problem-solver and innovator. You love tackling undefined, ambiguous problems and applying AI to disrupt outdated processes. You’re excited about revolutionizing estate planning with cutting-edge technology

What we offer:

Flexible paid time off policy and 10 company-wide paid holidays
Parental leave, 4 weeks for all full-time employees and up to 12 weeks for birthing parents
Medical, dental, and vision benefits coverage for employees and their families
401K eligibility after one month of employment
Free estate planning documents
Budget for learning & development and home office setup
Paid parking or transit for hybrid and in office employees

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 20, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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