AI Staff Software Engineer

PromptQL

Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 250000 - 500000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Engineering

Job Summary

About the team

PromptQL Product and Engineering team is working on the cutting edge of AI. We are obsessed with enhancing AIs accuracy and reliability in enterprise environments. We are a small team with a huge impact. Anyone who joins this team is joining the core group of people shaping the direction of PromptQL and therefore the future of how AI interacts with data and infrastructure layers in enterprises across virtually every industry.

About the Role

Location: Open to anywhere in the US San Francisco preferred

PromptQL is hiring a Staff AI Software Engineer to help us build the technical backbone of our AI systems and product PromptQL. This role exists because we are operating at the frontier of whats possible with conversation AI and we need someone who can think and build at that frontier with us. Our team has built impressive momentum with a small group of highly capable engineers and researchers. Now were looking for someone who can bring deep technical leadership broaden our capabilities and help us scale our systems to provide accurate and reliable AI to Fortune1000 enterprises.

This is not a narrow role. Youll be writing production code designing architecture optimizing performance shaping infrastructure and contributing to safety mechanisms. Build our core stack rapidly design and implement features across the PromptQL AI assistant the PromptQL data engine and the PromptQL runtime infrastructure.

This is a rare opportunity to join a deeply ambitious and experienced team working on some of the most impactful technology of our time. If youre an A engineer who thrives in ambiguity loves working across boundaries and wants your work to directly shape how AI gets used in the real worldthis role is for you.

Role Requirements

You have 6 years of experience as a software engineer with at least 1 years building AI or ML-powered systems
Youve designed and shipped complex distributed systems at scale and you know how to optimize for performance cost and reliability
Youve worked directly with large language models (LLMs) in production
Youre fluent in Python and/or a systems language and you can move comfortably between infrastructure APIs and core product logic
Youre comfortable leading technically: writing high-leverage design docs setting engineering direction and mentoring other senior engineers.
Youre biased toward action and can operate with high autonomy. You know how to unblock yourself and others.
You care about quality safety and performance. And you bring a systems-level perspective to how engineering decisions impact the product and user.
Youre excited about our mission and energized by building foundational technology for the next generation of AI applications.

This Role Might Not Be a Good Fit for You If...

You need a lot of structure processes or clearly defined roadmaps to succeed
You arent comfortable operating in ambiguity or changing priorities
Youve never worked with AI/ML systems and dont plan to upskill quickly
You arent confident writing production-grade Python or working in cloud-native environments
You prefer to work strictly within your lane and dont enjoy cross-functional collaboration
You arent excited about the pace and reality of building at an early-stage high-velocity startup
You view engineering as separate from product and user experience
Youre not passionate about the transformative potential of AI or arent curious about its technical and societal implications

Compensation

Salary $250000 - $500000
Plus annual bonus
Large equity package

About PromptQL

At PromptQL were not just building AI platforms were redefining how the worlds largest and most complex enterprises deliver AI transformation on their existing data and systems.

PromptQL captures and codifies a businesss unique know-how into a language that frontier models can reason with. We are laying the foundation for agents that drive decision-making and automation with human-level reliability.

Were a team of engineers builders and leaders driven by a shared belief: AI should speak the language of your business. Backed by top-tier investors and trusted by industry leaders were moving fast to make AI-powered enterprises a reality.

Benefits & Perks

Medical dental and vision insurance to keep you healthy and thriving
Employee assistance programs for support when you need it
Retirement fund contribution matching to help you invest in your future
Donation matching to amplify your charitable impact
Paid time off to support your well-being
Monthly company-wide self-care day to recharge
Stock options so you can share in our success
Paid parental leave to support growing families
Commuter benefits to help you save on your journey to the office
Employee referral program to reward you for connecting us with great talent

We are committed to equal employment opportunity and do not discriminate based on race religion national origin gender sexual orientation age veteran status disability or any other status protected by law.

Applicants with disabilities who wish to request reasonable accommodations may contact us at .

While our official company name is Hasura we do business as PromptQL.

Required Experience:

Staff IC

About the teamPromptQL Product and Engineering team is working on the cutting edge of AI. We are obsessed with enhancing AIs accuracy and reliability in enterprise environments. We are a small team with a huge impact. Anyone who joins this team is joining the core group of people shaping the directi...