# Senior Software Engineer II

**Company:** [Drata](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/drata)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, React, JavaScript, Nestjs, Typeorm, MySQL, Redis, Jest, Git, Rest, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Elasticsearch
**Posted:** 2025-10-22

> Leads platform development by architecting scalable web apps and APIs with AI/LLM integrations using NodeJS backend and React frontend. Requires 7+ years experience, NodeJS/React proficiency, cloud skills, and hands-on AI feature building.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Architect and develop highly scalable web applications, including AI-powered features
- Build RESTful APIs and integrate with LLM services and AI capabilities
- Design and implement streaming responses and real-time UI patterns for AI-driven experiences
- Build tools, services, and automation to extend platform capabilities
- Run critical operational portions of our ingestion, analytics, and storage infrastructure
- Collaborate with product managers and AI engineers to define strategic solutions and participate in the agile refinement process
- Assist with server-side code and database architecture on the back-end in NodeJS
- Develop clean UI/UX with the collaboration of our design teams, with attention to AI interaction patterns
- Work with management and other architects to ensure quality in solutions and software design
- Participate in development lifecycle activities like design, coding, testing, and production release
- Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
- Deliver code in an agile team environment
- Research and train on technologies you think may be appropriate for current or future projects, including emerging AI/LLM capabilities

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
- 3+ years of experience with NodeJS
- 1+ years experience in NestJS preferred
- 3+ years of experience with React
- Strong skills in: **Javascript**, **ES6**, **NodeJS**, **TypeORM**, **MySQL**, **Git**, **REST principles**
- Knowledge in **Jest** and **Redis**
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming
- Good understanding of algorithms, network protocols, and web services
- Experience with one of the major cloud hosting systems (**AWS**, **GCP**, **Azure**)
- Self-directed, independent, and has experience owning complete features/products
- Experience developing real-world web applications
- Outstanding ability to negotiate difficult tradeoffs (e.g., quality vs. speed, collaboration vs. get-it-done)
- Agile development experience
- **Bachelor of Science in Computer Science** or related field
- Strong communication ability

**AI Experience (required)**:
- Hands-on experience building features that integrate with LLMs or AI services
- Demonstrated passion for AI through personal projects, contributions, or continuous learning
- Experience with prompt engineering and understanding of LLM capabilities and limitations
- Familiarity with streaming responses and real-time UI patterns for AI applications
- Experience building conversational interfaces, chatbots, or chat-based user experiences
- Understanding of conversation state management, context windows, and multi-turn dialogue patterns

## Nice to Have
- **Terraform**, **ElasticSearch**, **Snowflake**
- Experience with compliance frameworks like SOC2, ISO27017, NIST etc.
- Bilingual in English & Spanish

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