Drata
Senior Software Engineer 2
$158K–$262K
Hybrid - San Diego · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years as a software engineer; 3+ years with NodeJS; 3+ years with React. AI experience required: at least one listed qualification.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field.
About the job
Leads development of scalable web applications and APIs, including AI-powered features, while maintaining the platform’s production infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Architect and build scalable web applications, RESTful APIs, and AI-driven user experiences.
- Operate and expand ingestion, analytics, and storage infrastructure; maintain production systems.
- Collaborate across engineering, product, and design on architecture, implementation, testing, and release.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years with NodeJS and 3+ years with React.
- Strong skills in JavaScript, ES6, NodeJS, TypeORM, MySQL, Git, and REST principles.
- Experience with a major cloud hosting system (AWS, GCP, or Azure), agile development, and object-oriented programming.
- At least one stated AI qualification, such as hands-on LLM/AI integration, prompt engineering, or conversational AI experience.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of NestJS experience; Terraform, ElasticSearch, or Snowflake.
- Compliance-framework experience, startup/scaling experience, or bilingual English and Spanish.
Pay
$157,500 - $262,500 USD base salary
Tools
NodeJS, NestJS, React, Javascript, ES6, TypeORM, MySQL, Jest
AI focus
Build AI-powered features by integrating LLMs and AI services, including streaming responses and real-time interfaces; the posting also requires at least one listed form of AI experience.
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