Who We Are
Pindrop is redefining trust in the digital age. Our patented voice, and video authentication, fraud detection, and deepfake detection technologies protect some of the world’s largest banks, insurers, retailers, and healthcare leaders. As AI-driven threats evolve in the form of synthetic voices, deepfakes, face swapping and more, our solutions stay ahead, helping ensure that the real human and the right human are recognized.
Pindrop is trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises to secure voice interactions, and with $100M ARR we’re entering our next phase of innovation and growth, backed by world-class investors including Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, and CapitalG.What you’ll do
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in the development and maintenance of software applications and systems. You will be responsible for leading and contributing to complex software projects, providing technical expertise, and mentoring junior engineers. You will expand capabilities and bring new solutions to market. As a member of the MLOps team, you will be responsible for systems that train models and produce predictions.
More specifically, you will:
Software Development: Design, develop, test, and maintain our complex software applications, ensuring high-quality code and adherence to best practices. Play a critical role in the development and maintenance of our software products by designing, building, evolving, and scaling state-of-the-art solutions for our Pindrop platform.
Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers and the development team, including code reviews, architecture decisions, and mentoring.
Architecture and Design: Contribute to the design and architecture of software systems, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance
Problem Solving: Analyze and solve complex technical problems, and make recommendations for improvements and optimizations.
Quality Assurance: Implement and advocate for best practices in testing and quality assurance, including unit testing, integration testing, and automated testing.
Code Review: Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and consistency.
Research and Innovation: Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and programming languages and apply them where relevant to improve software development processes.
Security and Compliance: Ensure software adheres to security standards and compliance requirements, addressing vulnerabilities and potential risks.
Design and implement cloud solutions, build MLOps on cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Build CI/CD pipelines orchestration by GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Circle CI, Airflow or similar tools
Data science model review: run code and refactor, optimize, containerize, deploy, version, and monitor its quality
Validate and add automated tests for Data Science models
Work closely with a team of researchers and data scientists to productionize and document research innovations
Who you are
You are resilient in the face of challenges, change, and ambiguity
You are optimistic and believe that you can make a problem into a solution
You are resourceful, excited to uncover innovative solutions, and teach yourself something new when needed
You take accountability, do the things you say you’ll do, under-promise and over-deliver
You are a strong problem-solver with excellent analytical skills.
You are an owner and enjoy taking on project leadership as well as mentorship
You are a strong verbal and written communicator
Your skill-set
Must Have
5-7 Years of Software Engineering experience
Experience with cloud computing environments, especially AWS and container-based deployment using Docker and Kubernetes
Experience working with Python, 2-3 years minimum
Experience operating services in production environments
A strong understanding of software design principles, software architecture, design patterns, as well as software development best practices, including testing, version control, and continuous integration
Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or AWS CDK
Experience in monitoring and performance of Production platforms using tech stacks and tools such as Datadog, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus
Participation in the on-call rotation is required
Nice to Have
Experience with Machine Learning frameworks and libraries such as XGBoost, SciKit-Learn, H2O, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Spark MLlib
Experience with leading industry Machine Learning tools and operation frameworks such as MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, Seldon Core, TFServing
Experience building microservices and RESTful APIs
CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GIT, Jenkins.
What’s in it for you
As a Pindropper, you join a rapidly growing company that is making technology more human with the power of voice. You will work alongside some of the best and brightest. We’re a passionate group committed to excellence - but that doesn’t stop us from enjoying the journey as a team with chess and poker tournaments, catered lunches and happy hours, wellness programming, and more. Because we take our jobs seriously, we add time for rest with Unlimited PTO.
0-30 (Acclimating)
Complete onboarding and attend New Employee Orientation sessions with other new Pindroppers
Onboard in the MLOps Team
1:1s with all the team members
Get started with your first project, first PR merged
30-60 (Learning)
Be a part of planning and contribute to the smaller tasks to fix existing issues
Be a part of triaging only the most important issues for the team to be focusing on
Add small features/resolve tech debt for the MLOps team
60-90 (Assimilating)
Fully acclimated with the team
Be able to pick up any task that comes out of sprint planning
Be able to design enhancements to the ML platform
Teach us something new
What we offer
As a part of Pindrop, you’ll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Here’s a snapshot of the benefits we offer:
Competitive compensation, including equity for all employees
Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
Generous health and welfare plans to choose from - including one employer-paid “employee-only” plan!
Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
Affordable vision and dental plans for you and your family
Employer-provided life and disability coverage with additional supplemental options
Paid Parental Leave - Equal for all parents, including birth, adoptive & foster parents
Give your newest addition to the family one year of diaper delivery! It’s our way of welcoming new Pindroplets to the family!
Identity protection through Norton LifeLock
Remote-first culture with opportunities for in-person team events
Recurring monthly home office allowance
When we need a break, we keep it fun with happy hours, ping pong and foosball, drinks and snacks, and monthly massages!
Remote and in-person team activities (think cheese tastings, chess tournaments, talent shows, murder mysteries, and more!)
Company holidays
Annual professional development and learning benefit
Pick your own Apple MacBook Pro
Retirement plan with competitive 401(k) match
Wellness Program including Employee Assistance Program, 24/7 Telemedicine
Please note that the base pay range is a general guideline only. Pindrop considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills, as well as market and business considerations, when extending an offer.US Base Pay Range $130,000—$180,000 USDWhat we live by
At Pindrop, our Core Values are fundamental beliefs at the center of all we do. They are our guiding principles that dictate our actions and behaviors. Our Values are deeply embedded into our culture in big and small ways and even help us decide right from wrong when the path forward is unclear. At Pindrop, we believe in taking accountability to make decisions and act in a way that reflects who we are. We truly believe making decisions and acting with our Core Values in mind will help us to achieve our goals and keep Pindrop a great place to work:
Audaciously Innovate - We continue to change the world, and the way people safely engage and interact with technology. As first principle thinkers, we challenge standards, take risks and learn from our mistakes in order to make positive change and continuous improvement. We believe nothing is impossible.
Evangelical Customers for Life - We delight, inspire and empower customers from day one and for life. We create a partnership and experience that results in a shared passion. We are champions for our customers, and our customers become our champions, creating a universal commitment to one another.
Execution Excellence - We do what we say and say what we do. We are accountable for making the tough decisions and necessary tradeoffs to deliver quality and effective solutions on time.
Win as a Company - Every time we win, we win as a company. Every time we lose, we lose as a company. We break down silos, support one another, embrace diversity and celebrate our successes. We are better together.
Make a Difference - Every day we have the opportunity to make a positive impact. We operate with dedication, passion, and uncompromising integrity, creating a safer, more secure world.
Not sure if this is you?
We want a diverse, global team, with a broad range of experience and perspectives. If this job sounds great, but you’re not sure if you qualify, apply anyway! We carefully consider every application and will either move forward with you, find another team that might be a better fit, keep in touch for future opportunities, or thank you for your time.
Pindrop is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Here at Pindrop, it is our mission to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, marital and/or veteran status.