Role

We are seeking a talented engineering lead as part of the AI Research & Attribution Engineering Team. In this role, you will be in the heart of our mission and responsible for helping to build out our ProRata Attribution products. Specifically, you will be working on large scale content understanding, distributed attribution serving, knowledge systems, agentic backend work, analytics and reporting. If you are passionate about solving hard problems, making a difference, and creating a fairer AI ecosystem, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Work cross functionally to design and build our ProRata Attribution system & products

• Partner with other engineering and frontend teams on user management, APIs and service optimization

• Ensure the content processing, indexing and attribution infrastructure is designed and implemented for robustness, scalability and automation

• Build out workflow and agentic backend to support new and innovative workflows

• Collaborate with Revenue and Product Delivery teams to contribute to new use cases for solving problems for customers and clients

• Participate in IP creation, such as patenting, case studies, white papers and research papers as determined by business needs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

• Extensive experience building large-scale systems for search, NLP/ML areas.

• 10+ years of commercial software experience

• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in AI development (e.g., Python, Java, C++, Rust)

• Experience building large scale distributed systems / Cloud native

• Experience building systems with high availability and low latency

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Strong communication and leadership abilities to guide teams and collaborate with stakeholders

• Passion for our mission at ProRata

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with NLP/Search systems and large scale services.

• Experience with GenAI especially LLMs

• Experience with Prompt engineering

• Experience with GPU inference, Inference software stack CUDA/ROCm

• Experience in Graph Databases is a plus

• Startup company experience

Work Environment

Location: This position is Onsite. This role is based at our Bellevue, WA office location, and employees are expected to work on-site during regular business hours.

Compensation

The compensation for this position will be competitive and commensurate with experience. The estimated salary range for this role is 200,000 - 280,000 USD.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI technology

• Collaborative and innovative work environment

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Professional development and growth opportunities

• Chance to make a significant impact on the company's success

Equal Employment Opportunity

• ProRata is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

California Specific Notices

• At-Will Employment: Employment at ProrataAI is at-will. This means that either the employee or the employer may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or prior notice.

• Salary Disclosure: In compliance with California law, salary information is provided to ensure transparency and fairness.

• California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): ProrataAI complies with the CCPA. Personal information collected during the recruitment process will be used for employment purposes only.

Compensation Range: $200K - $280K