Vast
Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling
$189K–$268K
Long Beach, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 1, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software development or relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, an engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Leads the technical direction and development of production AI platforms and full-stack tooling used across Vast.
What you'll do
- Set the roadmap and engineering standards for internal AI platforms and applications.
- Build and maintain integrations, AI response-safety and formatting pipelines, and reliable production systems.
- Guide engineers and collaborate with infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders on AI tooling.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, an engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- 8+ years of software development or relevant industry experience.
- Track record leading technical initiatives through production; full-stack proficiency across frontend and backend.
- Deep understanding of AI/ML, large language models, prompt engineering, and modern AI tooling; experience delivering production applications at scale.
Nice to have
- Production experience with Python and TypeScript; experience with Svelte or SvelteKit.
- Experience with OpenWebUI, MCP, LLM integrations, Docker, Kubernetes, RAG, or vector databases.
Pay
$188,600 - $267,700 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, TypeScript, Svelte, SvelteKit, OpenWebUI, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Docker, Kubernetes
AI focus
Develops internal AI platforms and applications, integrates models with company tools and workflows, and builds pipelines for response enforcement, content safety, and output formatting.
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