Senior Machine Learning Engineer
VectaraUnited States
Posted August 27, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Vectara offers an enterprise-ready AI Assistant/Agent solution focusing on accuracy, explainability, and secure access. Their serverless Retrieval-Augmented-Generation (RAG) platform combines multi-lingual information retrieval with AI-generated responses, providing easy API integrations for developers. Vectara emphasizes testability, scalability, reliability, and bias mitigation to ensure trustworthy applications for enterprise use.
Job Description
Vectara is seeking a Senior/Staff Platform Software Engineer with experience in backend development and DevOps. The role involves building and scaling core infrastructure for their AI agents and RAG platform, focusing on automation, observability, reliability, and performance. The company emphasizes employee ownership through equity and collaborates with large-scale clients across various industries.
Requirements
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience after BS/MS.
- Strong software engineering basics.
- Basic knowledge of training and evaluating ML models.
- Familiarity with deep learning concepts (Transformers, RAG, MoE).
- Proficiency in data/ML libraries (pandas, transformers, torch).
- Hands-on experience in training ML systems end-to-end.
- Knowledge of state-of-the-art open source models.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- 100% paid Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
- Generous paid time off (PTO) plus paid sick time, holidays, and company rest days
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours and team building activities
