Tellius

Tellius

Staff Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$190k-$230kDetected 42 days ago
PythonScalaBackend DevelopmentSQLSparkData EngineeringLLMsAgentic AIPublic Speaking

About the role

  • Tellius is a fast-growing AI analytics company headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
  • We serve some of the world's most innovative companies, including Novo Nordisk, PepsiCo, Regeneron, AbbVie, and Biogen - helping their teams go from question to decision in minutes, not days.
  • This range is determined based on factors such as the candidate's experience, skills, and location, and may vary depending on qualifications.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement core infrastructure for AI agents and orchestration (e.g., LangChain, custom frameworks)
  • Build and optimize backend services using Python and SQL to support AI workloads
  • Develop robust data pipelines and work with large, complex datasets
  • Contribute to agentic application design, grounding LLMs in structured data and business logic
  • Collaborate with AI researchers, product managers, and design to ship production-ready features
  • Collaborate with and mentor junior engineers
  • Strong backend skills with Python, SQL, and database design
  • Experience working with data systems and building scalable infrastructure
  • Our platform, powered by Kaiya - Tellius's AI agent - connects to all your enterprise data, automatically investigates what changed and why, and delivers board-ready briefings, memos, and presentations before you even ask.
  • Our team is built for people who thrive on solving hard problems, moving fast, and building things that matter at enterprise scale.

Requirements

  • 2-6 years of professional software engineering experience
  • Deep knowledge of AI engineering and agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar)
  • Experience with Spark, Scala, or distributed compute frameworks
  • Familiarity with data engineering, ETL pipelines, or analytics workflows

Compensation

  • The expected salary range for this role is $190,000 - $230,000 USD per year.
  • Equity and benefits are also part of the total compensation package.

Company info

  • Engage with design partners and early customers to validate architecture, use cases, and product direction
  • What We're Looking For
  • We are transforming how enterprises interact with their data - moving beyond dashboards and static reports to an always-on, agentic intelligence platform that investigates, reasons, and delivers finished answers autonomously.
  • We are recognized as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics & Business Intelligence Platforms, and we're just getting started.
  • We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our AI team.

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