Drata
Senior Software Engineer 2
Hybrid - San Diego · Senior
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About the role
- This person is responsible for maintaining, expanding, and scaling our APIs that power our web applications.
- Run critical operational portions of our ingestion, analytics, and storage infrastructure
- Assist with server-side code and database architecture on the back-end in NodeJS
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop highly scalable web applications, including AI-powered features
- Build RESTful APIs and integrate with LLM services and AI capabilities
- Design and implement streaming responses and real-time UI patterns for AI-driven experiences
- Build tools, services, and automation to extend platform capabilities
- Collaborate with product managers and AI engineers to define strategic solutions and participate in the agile refinement process
- Develop clean UI/UX with the collaboration of our design teams, with attention to AI interaction patterns
- Work with management and other architects to ensure quality in solutions and software design
- Participate in development lifecycle activities like design, coding, testing, and production release
- Deliver code in an agile team environment
- Hands-on experience building features that integrate with LLMs or AI services
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
- 3+ years of experience with NodeJS
- 3+ years of experience with React
Nice to have
- Terraform, ElasticSearch, & Snowflake
- Bilingual in English & Spanish is a plus
- Experience with compliance frameworks like SOC2, ISO27017, NIST etc.
- AI Experience (required - at least one of the following):
- Experience with prompt engineering and understanding of LLM capabilities and limitations
- Familiarity with streaming responses and real-time UI patterns for AI applications
- Understanding of conversation state management, context windows, and multi-turn dialogue patterns
- Explore how we invest in your Life at Drata https://drata.com/about/life-at-drata?utm_source=chatgpt.com.
Skills
- Knowledge in Jest and Redis
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming
- Good understanding of algorithms, network protocols, and web services
- Experience with one of the major cloud hosting systems (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Self-directed, independent, and has experience owning complete features/products
- Experience developing real-world web applications
- Outstanding ability to negotiate difficult tradeoffs (e.g., quality vs. speed, collaboration vs. get-it-done)
- Agile development experience
- Previous startup or scaling experience is a plus
- Self-motivated and adaptable to changing technologies and requirements
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field
Compensation
- Growth & Development: Generous annual stipends for both professional and personal development, empowering you to invest in your continued growth.
Benefits
- Demonstrated passion for AI through personal projects, contributions, or continuous learning
Company info
- Drata is building the trust layer between great companies - automating compliance, managing risk, and helping organizations prove trust continuously as they scale.
- We're Dratanauts:
- a global crew of 600+ professionals united by a culture that rewards integrity, ownership, and raising the bar, no matter where in the world we're working from.
- Why Join the Drata Team?
- At Drata, you're not maintaining legacy compliance software - you're building the agentic AI platform defining what trust looks like for the next generation of companies.
- Here's what makes the work itself worth showing up for:
- Problems without a playbook:
- You'll work at the edge of AI and security, building agentic governance, continuous compliance, and real-time trust verification to solve problems that don't have an established answer yet.
- You're writing it as you go.
- Real ownership, not just process:
- Our values center on owning outcomes and raising the bar, not checking boxes.
- You're expected to have opinions and back them.
- A seat at the table:
- Your perspective is unique and valued.
- Open debate and diverse viewpoints are built into how decisions actually get made here, at every level.
- Growth at rocketship speed:
- Drata is scaling fast, which means scope grows fast too.
- High performers get more ownership, visibility, and experience.
- A crew, not just coworkers:
- Dratanauts consistently describe a "come as you are" culture with sharp, curious people-the kind of team that makes hard problems genuinely fun to solve.
- See what they say here https://drata.com/about/careers/life and follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/drata/posts/?feedView=all for company news, employee stories, and career updates.
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