About The Company

Primer is dedicated to making the world a safer place by delivering trusted decision-ready artificial intelligence solutions to the most critical organizations globally. Our software empowers leaders, operators, and analysts to gain real-time insights into a rapidly changing environment, enabling informed decision-making when stakes are high. With offices located in San Francisco, Pasadena, CA, and Arlington, VA, Primer leverages cutting-edge natural language processing and machine learning technologies to address complex challenges across various sectors, including defense and intelligence. Our commitment to innovation, integrity, and societal impact positions us as a leader in AI-driven solutions.

About The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Python Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will have the opportunity to influence our tooling, coding standards, and overall codebase architecture. You will lead the development of new features and enhance existing data-driven product functionalities by collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and product managers. Your expertise will be instrumental in tackling the technical challenges associated with natural language processing and machine learning platforms, ensuring scalable, efficient, and reliable solutions.

This role offers a unique environment for growth and innovation, where you will help define architectural principles, contribute to high-impact open-source projects, and push the boundaries of AI technology. You will work on large-scale datasets, developing features such as event detection, relation extraction, summarization, entity recognition, and multilingual NLP, among others. Your leadership will help shape the future of Primers AI offerings, making a tangible impact on national security and societal safety.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end-to-end software projects in an agile environment, preferably on major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Extensive experience with data ingestion, processing, and retrieval systems at scale.
• Strong proficiency in Python and Golang programming languages.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi, and deployment automation using GitHub Actions.
• Experience working with real-time, distributed systems, and large datasets.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience shipping production-grade software.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Experience with NLP, AI, or ML-focused applications is a plus.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable data ingestion pipelines and storage solutions to handle large volumes of data efficiently.
• Design, package, and optimize the Delta product for deployment across diverse environments, including on-premises, cloud, and single-machine setups, ensuring smooth scalability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design information retrieval architectures for document and graph analysis.
• Work closely with machine learning engineers and data scientists to extend platform capabilities with new models and algorithms while maintaining high performance metrics.
• Develop features such as event and topic detection, relation extraction, summarization, entity recognition, document classification, multilingual NLP, and knowledge base generation on massive datasets.
• Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and documentation to ensure maintainability and scalability of the platform.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, high-impact open-source projects, and innovative solutions that advance Primers technological edge.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive annual cash compensation ranging from US$185,000 to US$245,000, commensurate with experience and skills.
• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Fertility benefits through Carrot, mental health support via Headspace Care+, Gympass+ memberships through Wellhub, and access to One Medical Membership.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Flexible remote work policies and stipends to support home office setup.
• Monthly internet allowance to facilitate efficient remote work.
• Paid parental leave and wellness days to promote work-life balance.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace culture that values subject matter expertise and continuous growth.
  
  

Equal Opportunity

Primer is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that respects and values diverse perspectives. If you require assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact us. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.