Senior Software Engineer, Platform (San Francisco)

Software Engineer

We're a team of AI, tech, and language experts whose DNA lives in Alexa, Siri, Watson, and virtually every human language technology product on the market. Now we're building an industry-leading knowledge management platform. Our proprietary, cutting-edge natural language processing capabilities transform unstructured data into meaningful experiences that increase productivity with unmatched accuracy and speed.

We're looking for a Software Engineer who will contribute to the design, development, and implementation of highly complex software components and microservices integrated into cloud architectures. This position requires a high-functioning person who can not only self-manage (within a structure) and coordinate directly with our Research and Product teams, but who is also interested in learning new theories, concepts, principles, and methodologies that will help us achieve our goals.

In This Role, You Will :

• Work closely with peers to design & code robust scalable, loosely coupled components and micro-services that integrate with both public and private cloud infrastructure, as well as on-prem applications
• Apply architecture and design principles consistently and holistically to enable target end-to-end usage scenarios.
• Provide good focus on DevOps use-cases and workflows
• Work to drive decisions through a crisp decision-making process and framework
• Analyze criteria and options and obtain necessary data to answer key questions

What You'll Need to Be Successful

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 1 year and a Master's degree; or a Ph.D. without experience; or equivalent work experience
• Basic knowledge of development & deployment across multiple cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMWare and OpenStack
• Coding experience in languages such as Golang, Java, or C#
• Working knowledge of micro-service architectures & large-scale API design and development
• Understanding of service mesh frameworks (Istio), container systems (Docker), and orchestration platforms (ECS, Kubernetes, Mesos and / or Swarm)
• Experience in developing solutions using automation tools such as Ansible, Chief, Puppet, System Center
• Working knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases
• Operating System knowledge of Linux, OS Processes, Threads, Scheduling, Synchronization, Memory Management, and Input / Output device management
• Able to collaborate and thrive in a dynamic high performing environment
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communications
• Participates in cross functional design teams to develop expertise in other modules / systems
• Excellent organizational agility and interpersonal skills

140,000 - $170,000 a year

Annual salary is only one component of overall compensation. Actual salaries are based on factors such as work experience and education and may vary from the specified range.

Benefits for Full Time Employees :

• 100% Company paid Health / Dental / Vision benefits for you and your dependents
• Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401k
• Unlimited PTO

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is authorized to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Pryon will not consider race, religion, sex, sexual preference, or national origin in ways that violate the Nation's civil rights laws.