# Senior AI Engineer, Agent Harness
**Company:** [Drata](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/drata)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $167K-$226K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, LLMs, RAG, Vector Databases, Pinecone, Chroma, Faiss, Embeddings, Prompt Engineering, Agent Frameworks, Machine Learning, Ai Systems
**Posted:** 2026-05-26
> Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and scale agentic AI systems using LLMs for compliance automation. Own end-to-end development of production LLM + retrieval + agent workflows with focus on responsible AI.
## Job Description
## What you'll do

### Build Agentic & Intelligent AI Systems
- Design and implement LLM-powered systems capable of multi-step reasoning, evidence grounding, and decision support in high-stakes compliance environments
- Develop agentic workflows that combine retrieval, tool use, structured reasoning, and human oversight
- Create interactive AI experiences that allow users to engage naturally with complex compliance and risk data

### Automated Reasoning Over Regulations & Evidence
- Build AI systems that reason over structured and unstructured data to support regulatory interpretation, control validation, and risk assessment
- Ensure AI outputs are traceable, explainable, and auditable, meeting the expectations of enterprise compliance teams

### Production-Grade AI Architecture
- Architect and deploy scalable LLM + retrieval + agent systems in production environments
- Optimize for latency, cost, reliability, and evaluation in real-world enterprise workloads
- Partner with platform, security, product teams, and other application development teams to operationalize AI safely and effectively

### Responsible & Trustworthy AI
- Embed human-in-the-loop workflows, confidence thresholds, and safety guardrails into AI systems
- Ensure privacy-preserving data handling, robust failure modes, and transparent behavior aligned with Drata's values

## What you'll bring

### Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- 2+ years specifically in ML/AI engineering

### Technical Skills
- Proficiency in Python; TypeScript experience is a plus, especially for production AI system integration
- Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma, FAISS, etc.) and RAG system design
- Proven experience building and shipping LLM-based applications in production, including embeddings, RAG, agent frameworks, prompt engineering
- Track record of taking AI systems from concept to production, designing scalable, maintainable solutions

### Soft Skills
- Ability to decompose complex tasks into agentic workflows and reason over high-stakes, structured, and unstructured data
- Experience working cross-functionally with product, compliance, security, and engineering teams

### Bonus Qualifications
- Experience in compliance, security, risk, or audit domains
- Familiarity with Snowflake-based analytics, knowledge graphs, or enterprise data platforms
- Experience partnering with non-technical stakeholders such as compliance or GRC teams

## Impact
- Establish foundational agentic AI capabilities that power multiple present and future product experiences
- Enable customers to derive accurate, explainable insights from complex compliance and security data
- Set the technical and ethical standard for applying modern AI in regulated, high-stakes environments

## How we support you
- Competitive base salary, benefits, and stock (typically RSUs)
- Up to 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
- 401(k) plan, company-paid life and disability insurance
- Paid parental leave after six months
- Generous annual professional and personal development stipends
- Flexible vacation policy and paid holidays
- Equity participation with RSUs
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