Staff Software Engineer, Gen AI

STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER - AI/ML

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - HYBRID OFFICE

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Egnyte is a place where we spark opportunities for amazing people. We believe that every role has meaning, and every Egnyter should be respected. With 22,000+ customers worldwide and growing, you can make an impact by protecting their valuable data. When joining Egnyte, you’re not just landing a new career, you become part of a team of Egnyters that are doers, thinkers, and collaborators who embrace and live by our values:

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ABOUT EGNYTE

Egnyte is the secure multi-cloud platform for content security and governance that enables organizations to better protect and collaborate on their most valuable content. Established in 2008, Egnyte has democratized cloud content security for more than 22,000 organizations, helping customers improve data security, maintain compliance, prevent and detect ransomware threats, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere. For more information, visit www.egnyte.com.

Egnyte is scouting for an experienced Staff Engineer to drive innovation across AI initiatives, with a special emphasis on NLP solutions. As a Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Gen AI at Egnyte by defining technical strategy, overseeing complex machine learning architectures, and ensuring seamless integration and deployment of Gen AI solutions into our platform and applications at scale. You will mentor and guide a small engineering team while providing expertise in state-of-the-art AI/ML practices, ensuring a robust production pipeline and the professional management of models.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Help lead the technical strategy and execution for AI projects across the organization.
• Designing, deploying, and managing the lifecycle of AI/ML models, including retraining and monitoring for continuous improvement within our solution.
• Designing and driving Gen AI features on peta-byte scale datasets 
• Driving innovation in NLP and other ML solutions, ensuring alignment with Egnyte’s business goals.
• Architecting, developing and overseeing scalable, production-ready AI systems.
• Providing technical mentorship to the AI/ML engineering team, fostering growth and collaboration.
• Conducting in-depth research and staying abreast of advancements in Gen AI and deep learning technologies.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Product, to evaluate business requirements and determine optimal AI solutions.
• Reviewing code, offering best practices, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Representing Egnyte’s technical excellence through publications, presentations, and participation in industry events.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects at scale.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:

• 8+ years of hands on industry experience at a software or SaaS company leading projects (this is in addition to internships, co-ops and research projects)
• Experience managing large-scale datasets and distributed computing environments, with a preference for Google Cloud Platform expertise.
• Java programming experience.
• Experience with integration and deployment of AI/ML solutions into production at scale within a SaaS platform.
• Demonstrates independent thinking, capable of analyzing unique challenges, overcoming technical hurdles and delivering impactful AI solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI techniques, including RAG pipelines, LLM fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and diffusion models.
• Strong knowledge of generative AI frameworks and tools, such as Hugging Face, LangChain, or OpenAI APIs.
• Experience in developing and scaling Generative AI solutions for NLP, vision, or multimodal tasks.
• Advanced knowledge of modern AI frameworks, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, Hugging Face Transformers, and JAX/Flax.
• Expertise in Python, Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly in mentoring, knowledge sharing, and cross-team collaboration.
• Willingness to be in office 3 days per week.

BONUS SKILLS:

• Proficiency in additional programming languages such as Scala or Go.
• Familiarity with tools and frameworks like Kubeflow and OpenCV.
• Proficiency in building and deploying Generative AI applications using state-of-the-art models like GPT, BERT, or Stable Diffusion and other deep learning techniques such as CNN, RNNs and GANs.

COMPENSATION:

• Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across multiple U.S. geographic locations, and pay varies based on defined markets. The standard base pay range for this position across the U.S. is $195k - $245k annually. Pay varies by work location and may also be dependent on job-related skills, knowledge, and/or experience. During the interview and/or hiring process, your recruiter can share more information about the compensation package specific to the role and job location. 

BENEFITS:

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits
• Flexible hours and generous time off (RTO, Responsible Time Off) to help support your work-life balance
• Paid holidays and sick time
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a generous employer contribution and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• Up to 12wks of paid Parental and 10wks Adoption Leave to help you grow your family
• Modern and collaborative offices located in Draper, UT; Raleigh, NC; Mountain View, CA; Reading, England, and Poznan, Poland
• Gym, cell phone, and internet reimbursement
• Free well-being apps such as Spring Health for Guardian are offered, as well access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Perks include discounted pet insurance, electronics, theme park tickets, travel, plus more
• Your own Egnyte account with lifetime access
• HealthJoy – a benefits navigation app that lets you access your benefits and get answers to your questions all in one place
• One Medical virtual care, providing you with healthcare access across the country

Equal Employment Opportunity
Egnyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions, and lactation), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Egnyte, Inc.'s management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.

At Egnyte, we embrace our unique differences and thrive on the individuality of our employees, our products, our customers, our investors, and our communities. Our global Egnyte Employee Communities (EECs) support representation and foster connectedness across our varied workplace. Egnyters are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work and to appreciate the many differences that collectively make Egnyte a higher-performing company and a great place to be.

Any employees with questions or concerns about equal employment opportunities in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of [email protected]. Egnyte, Inc. will not allow any form of retaliation against employees who raise issues of equal employment opportunity. If employees feel they have been subjected to any such retaliation, they should contact [email protected]. To ensure the workplace is free of artificial barriers, violation of this policy including any improper retaliatory conduct will lead to discipline, up to and including discharge. All employees must cooperate with all investigations conducted pursuant to this policy. 

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