Build Deploy and Maintain AI for an Unpredictable World Striveworks helps organizations harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve real-world national security and business challenges by serving as the command center between data models and business outcomes. Founded by data scientists and engineers Striveworks set out to make the journey from deployment to ongoing optimization simple and effective. With Striveworks organizations aren’t just deploying AI—they’re building systems that remain reliable adaptable and ready to scale in an unpredictable world. Mission-critical operations require models that perform where they’re deployed scale as workloads grow and adapt rapidly as AI capabilities advance. Striveworks meets these demands increasing reliability and performance while lowering costs—and enabling confident data-driven decision-making in dynamic environments. The Role As a Senior Software Engineer at Striveworks you’ll be challenged—and trusted—on day one to be a core contributor to the products and direction of the company. Our flagship product Chariot is used by customers to develop deploy and maintain production ML models. We’re looking for exemplary engineers with a product mindset who can write quality code in Go and Python and who ultimately want to be core contributors to the direction of the company. You’re right for this challenge if you value and possess technical expertise and you push the boundaries of your own capabilities. You are outcome driven not requirements driven. We’re looking for people who are excited about our central development themes Everything as Code Cloud-neutral development User-centric design Hexagonal event-driven microservice architecture Optimizing deploying and refining AI models and algorithms This position offers a fully remote work environment or you can work hybrid/on site at our office in northwest Austin TX. The Right Fit In addition to the specific skills and expertise detailed below we are looking for individuals who share our values. Sharing a set of values allows us to move at the speed of trust. Collectively we value a high-trust work environment where people respect each other and use candor kindly and constructively. We value work that intersects passion and perseverance we geek out about the potential of our contributions and we find joy in working hard on things that matter. Finally we value taking ownership having agency and feeling individual responsibility for collective results. Here’s what else we’re looking for 6–8 years of hands on development experience Excellence in Go C++ (17 or higher) Java (11 or higher) C# (9 or higher) or Rust Proficiency in Python Experience with DevOps tooling CI/CD tools Git Docker Kubernetes Proven experience with cloud architecture commercial cloud OpenStack Experience in the design and development of performant scalable services Familiarity with database design and architecture relational and non-relational Ability to work cross-functionally and participate in or lead design discussions Ability to independently lead the software development life cycle from collaborating with product teams on requirements to executing technical design implementation and deployment Experience in knowledge sharing mentoring and coaching (i.e. onboarding code reviews leading junior engineers) Strong understanding of software development principles such as object-oriented programming design patterns documentation and agile methodologies Driven self-directed personality Strong sense of mission and commitment to making a difference Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field or similar experience Due to the nature of this role candidates must be a US person (a US citizen a US national or a Green Card holder) The Wish List We’re very interested in developers who possess the above qualifications and we heavily appreciate and consider the addition of Understanding of synchronous/asynchronous programming and concurrency Comfort with integration of deep learning libraries (e.g. PyTorch TensorFlow) Experience designing RESTful gRPC or GraphQL APIs Understanding of networked and distributed computing Knowledge of messaging systems (e.g. NATS Kafka RabbitMQ) Experience with workflow automation The anticipated base pay range for this position is $160000 to $200000/year. Striveworks’ total compensation package includes a competitive base salary equity grants and cash bonuses. The Benefits Medical/dental/vision insurance Voluntary life long-term disability accident and hospital indemnity insurance HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans 401(k) plan Unlimited PTO Paid parental leave Check us out on Built In Striveworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race color religion belief sex (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression) national origin social or ethnic origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disability genetic information age membership in an employee organization retaliation parental status military service or other non-merit factors. Striveworks will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in the application process please contact Operations at hr@striveworks.us. 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