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Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI

Peregrine Technologies - New York, NY, USA - In-office - posted 2026-10-09

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Salary: USD 200,000 - 275,000 / annual

Peregrine Technologies, backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, builds an AI-enabled platform that transforms siloed data into operational intelligence for public safety organizations, government agencies, and private-sector institutions. The platform serves hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, reaching over 125 million people. You will be instrumental in delivering differentiated value by crafting powerful, intuitive user experiences powered by generative AI. This role focuses on unlocking entirely new ways for users to interact with the platform while building safe, impactful AI-driven features that solve real-world problems with greater speed and ease. Your scope includes complex technical challenges: scaling the platform to handle terabytes of data from diverse sources, efficiently querying and notifying users on this data in real-time, and optimizing search algorithms for fast results. You will take full responsibility for major features and work closely with other engineers, the deployment team, and users to iterate and solve their problems. The engineering team values ownership, collaboration, humility, and empathy. You'll have the opportunity to work onsite to understand the variety of use cases Peregrine serves and see how people use the product. Tech stack: Backend (Python, Django, Celery, Airflow, Kafka), Frontend (React, Redux, Mapbox), Data stores (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch), ML models (Bedrock, SageMaker), Infrastructure (AWS, Pulumi, Terraform, Kubernetes). REQUIREMENTS: - Over 8 years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams - Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience - Understanding of best practices for using generative AI responsibly; bonus experience applying LLMs to enhance user experience - Knowledge of how to train, deploy, integrate, and monitor machine learning models - Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and/or in open-source - Ability to write robust, well-tested, well-designed code frequently deployed to users - Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases - Located in NYC and open to working in office

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