# Software Engineer, Generative AI

**Company:** [Writer](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/writer)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $112k – $304k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, React, TypeScript, FastAPI, Postgres, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Pinecone, Weaviate, Pgvector, LLMs, REST APIs
**Posted:** 2026-06-03

> Build and scale secure generative AI services and applications using Python, LLMs, and modern frameworks. Own architecture decisions from proposal through production deployment for enterprise customers.

## Job Description

## What you'll do
- Design and develop robust, secure, and scalable generative AI services and applications using Python and modern frameworks to drive enterprise-wide transformation
- Build and optimize high-performance, low-latency APIs and microservices to integrate advanced AI models and sophisticated agentic workflows into our core platform
- Act as a whole-systems thinker by making meaningful system design decisions and owning the architecture of core platform components from initial proposal through production deployment
- Implement and maintain responsive user interfaces using technologies like React and TypeScript to deliver intuitive user experiences and bridge the gap between backend services and frontend enablement
- Drive proactivity without red tape by clearly communicating changes, plans, and proposals to cross-functional teams and collaborating closely with product managers, data scientists, and DevOps engineers
- Partner with DevOps teams to build continuous deployment, logging, and monitoring systems that ensure top-tier performance, security, and reliability across distributed workloads

## What you need
- 3-5+ years of hands-on experience as a software engineer with a strong emphasis on Python development in production environments
- Proven expertise in building and deploying generative AI applications, leveraging LLMs, vector databases like Pinecone, Weaviate, or pgvector, and modern open-source agentic frameworks
- Practical experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization with Docker and Kubernetes
- Solid grasp of modern web technologies including FastAPI, Asyncio, database systems like PostgreSQL, and hands-on experience leveraging AI developer tooling like Claude, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot to accelerate your engineering workflows
- Exposure to enterprise architecture including practical experience implementing IAM, SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, RBAC, robust security best practices, or building services for enterprise administration and billing systems
- A Connect mindset that thrives in collaborative settings where you actively engage with cross-functional teams and mentor other engineers, a Challenge spirit that drives you to tackle complex technical hurdles and proactively suggest innovative improvements, and an Own attitude where you take full accountability for delivering high-quality, resilient, and scalable code from conception to production

## Benefits & perks (US Full-time employees)
- Generous PTO, plus company holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
- Paid parental leave for all parents (16 weeks)
- Fertility and family planning support
- Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
- Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
- Health savings account for eligible plans with company contribution
- Annual work-life stipends for: Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.; Learning and development stipend
- Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites
- Competitive compensation, company stock options and 401k

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