Drata
Staff Software Engineer, Evidence & Frameworks
$165K–$270K
Hybrid - San Francisco · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; strong engineers from other languages who can ramp quickly on TypeScript are encouraged to apply.
About the job
Leads technical direction and hands-on development of scalable evidence-collection and compliance-framework systems, including safely integrating AI agents into customer workflows.
What you'll do
- Set architecture and technical direction for evidence collection and the frameworks/controls data model; lead complex cross-team initiatives.
- Build and improve reliable systems that ingest and process evidence across integrations and tenants, resolving performance and data-integrity issues.
- Introduce AI capabilities with accuracy and auditability safeguards, monitor system health, review designs and code, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems, including customer-facing products supported in production.
- Technical leadership across multiple teams, including setting direction, aligning teams, and delivering complex initiatives.
- Deep experience with distributed systems, data pipelines, or integration-heavy platforms at meaningful scale.
- Backend fundamentals and production experience with TypeScript/Node.js; experience with a major cloud platform and infrastructure as code.
Nice to have
- Security, compliance, GRC, or audit product experience; or experience building LLM-powered features or production agentic workflows.
- Familiarity with NestJS, TypeORM, Jest, Redis, or Elasticsearch; or startup/growth-stage experience.
Pay
$165,000 - $270,000 USD base salary
Tools
TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, React, AWS, TypeORM, Jest, Redis
AI focus
Bring AI and agentic capabilities into evidence and framework workflows with safeguards for accuracy, auditability, and customer trust; practical use of AI-assisted development tools is also expected.
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