Senior Software Engineer, AI

Peregrine Technologies • NY

210d • $130,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Backed by leading investors from Silicon Valley, Peregrine supports public safety agencies across the country — from Los Angeles to Louisville to Atlanta — empowering public servants to improve operations and make better decisions in the moments that matter. Today, our technology is used by customers to serve more than 30 million Americans. We’re motivated to build technologies by partnering with our customers; we listen to their needs, learn from their experiences, and develop effective solutions to help them achieve transformational outcomes. Together, we’re creating safer communities, protecting privacy and civil liberties, and helping everyone in America thrive. We are a team of public service entrepreneurs who are passionate about solving hard problems. We trust and help each other, and love diving into challenges together. We believe empathy, curiosity, integrity, courage, and excellent execution are key to building impactful software. If mission-focused work is your north star, come build with us. We’re just getting started.

Requirements

• Desire and drive to own large portions of the application from start to finish.
• Passion for crafting and shipping software solutions that delight users.
• Thrive on ambiguity and love taking on hard problems.
• Excellent technical vision with the ability to synthesize product requests into strong and reliable software components.
• Understanding of best practices for using generative AI responsibly, with bonus experience applying LLMs to enhance user experience.
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams.
• Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and/or in the open-source community.
• Ability to write robust, well-tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users.
• Solid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systems.
• Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the new AI team to deliver differentiated value to customers.
• Craft powerful, intuitive user experiences powered by generative AI.
• Unlock new ways for users to interact with the platform through natural language commands and AI agents.
• Shape safe, impactful AI-driven features that help customers solve real-world problems.
• Scale the platform to handle terabytes of data from various sources.
• Efficiently query and notify users on data in real-time.
• Optimize search algorithms for quick result delivery.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $130,000 - $250,000 Annually
• Benefits
• Equity (if applicable)
• Bonus (if applicable)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees