Senior Software Engineer, AI/LLM

Location: 

This is a fully remote position within the United States or Canada.

Role Summary:

We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on AI and LLM. In this role, you will report to the Engineering Manager for Threat Hunting and Advanced Solutions — a team responsible for building high-impact product features and workflows that sit on top of the Censys platform. You'll collaborate with a team of experts dedicated to understanding customers’ business needs and securing their cloud environments. By fostering a culture of learning and collaboration, we aim to build secure infrastructures tailored to our customers' unique requirements. You will play a critical role in bringing AI-driven experiences to life. Your work will directly shape how users interact with our platform by making it smarter, faster, and more intuitive.

What You’ll Do:

• Rapidly prototype and deploy AI features that enhance search, recommendations, and automation.
• Leverage AI to reduce friction in workflows, personalize interactions, and surface key insights.
• Develop AI-driven analytics and automation tools that help users make better decisions, faster.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and frontend engineers to build AI-powered UI components that feel native, intuitive, and useful.

What You’ll Bring:

• Full-Stack AI Development
  • Expert backend engineering skills in Golang
  • Strong experience with Python (FastAPI) for backend API development.
  • Proficiency in React and frontend frameworks for integrating AI-powered UI features.
• AI Integration in UI
  • Experience integrating AI-driven search, recommendations, or automation tools in frontend applications.
• Evaluations
  • Familiarity with RAGAS, LangSmith, and Regression Testing
• Prototyping Speed & Agility
  • Ability to rapidly build, test, and iterate on AI-driven features in a fast-paced development environment.
• CI/CD & DevOps
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing automation, and deployment best practices for AI applications.
• Cross-Team Collaboration
  • Strong ability to work with product managers, designers, and engineers to develop AI-driven features that enhance user experience.
• Prompt Engineering
• Advanced AI & ML Knowledge
  • Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector search, or LLM fine-tuning.
• Understanding of embedding models and AI-driven analytics.

Bonus Points:

• Performance Optimization
  • Experience optimizing AI models for real-time interaction in the browser or on the frontend.
• Security & Compliance
  • Experience in secure AI model deployment, particularly in cybersecurity or sensitive data environments.
• Frontend Performance & AI UX
  • Understanding of frontend performance optimizations related to AI-driven experiences.
• Infrastructure & Deployment (IaC + Helm)
  • Experience with Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments.
  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking, scaling, and monitoring for AI-driven services.
• Startup experience
  • Experience building AI projects in a fast-moving startup environment. 

For candidates located in high cost of living locations, the base salary range for this position is $216,000-$249,000 + bonus eligibility and equity. 

For candidates located in any other location, the salary range for this position is $183,000-$212,000 + bonus eligibility and equity.

 In addition to our great compensation package, our benefits are effective on day one and include but are not limited to: 401k match, health, vision, dental, and more! Please see our careers page for more details.

Note to external recruiters/agencies: We are not currently engaging with third-party agencies for this role and will not accept unsolicited outreach. We kindly ask that you do not submit resumes or candidate profiles to our team.