Software Engineer, AI Platform (Palo Alto, CA)
Software engineer at an AI-native cybersecurity startup (Series B) building products from scratch: Python backend services and orchestration systems plus React/TypeScript frontends, focused on distributed execution and making AI-powered capabilities reliable in production. Onsite in Palo Alto 5 days per week.
- Compensation
- $150K–$250K / yr
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 0-to-1 product development experience with ownership of design, implementation, and delivery
- Strong Python backend development experience building and operating production services
- Hands-on React and TypeScript frontend development experience
- Depth in backend and distributed systems, including concurrency, performance tradeoffs, and diagnosing production issues
- Strong computer science fundamentals and rigorous academic background in computer science or related discipline
- Meaningful technical contributions at respected technology companies, successful startups, or similarly demanding environments
Nice to have
- AI or LLM experience, particularly tool integration, orchestration, or evaluation
- Strong systems experience with interest in developing AI/LLM capabilities
Full description
Software Engineer, Platform & ToolsWhy You'll Actually Care
District Partners is supporting an AI-native cybersecurity company that has just secured Series B funding after rapidly moving from launch to enterprise adoption. As AI changes how cyber threats develop, the company is expanding the software that helps organizations uncover and address exploitable risks. You’ll develop products from scratch and build the platforms and tools behind that technology, with direct influence over architecture and meaningful equity participation.
The Basics
This is a hands-on software engineering role spanning Python backend development and React and TypeScript frontend applications. The work combines foundational product development with the systems engineering needed to make AI-powered capabilities reliable in production.
What You'll Be Owning
- Take products from 0 to 1, translating emerging needs into technical designs, working prototypes, and production software.
- Build Python backend services and orchestration capabilities that coordinate complex workflows and tool interactions.
- Develop React and TypeScript applications that make platform capabilities accessible through intuitive interfaces.
- Engineer systems for concurrent and distributed execution, improving responsiveness, reliability, and operating efficiency.
- Build evaluation and monitoring tools that help the team understand system behavior, diagnose failures, and improve product quality.
- Own delivery across the stack, including testing, debugging, rollout, and ongoing production performance.
The Environment
You’ll collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product colleagues to turn evolving technical capabilities into usable software. The work requires both rapid experimentation and disciplined production engineering, with ownership extending beyond initial release. The team works together in Palo Alto 5 days per week.
What You Bring To The Table
- Demonstrated 0-to-1 experience developing products from scratch, with clear ownership of design, implementation, and delivery.
- Strong Python backend development experience building and operating production services.
- Hands-on React and TypeScript experience developing frontend applications.
- Depth in backend and distributed systems, including concurrency, performance tradeoffs, and diagnosing production issues.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and a rigorous academic background in computer science or a related discipline; programs recognized for engineering excellence are particularly valued.
- Meaningful technical contributions within respected technology companies, successful startups, or similarly demanding engineering environments.