Senior / Staff AI Research Engineer, Prophecy.io
Low code data engineering
Open for applications
Low code data engineering
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To democratize the development and deployment of high-quality data pipelines.
Role
Who you are
- Track record of driving AI products from concept to customer adoption
- Hands-on expertise with GenAI, LLMs, NLP, RAG, and Knowledge Graphs across the full ML lifecycle
- Mastery of SOTA techniques to boost LLM accuracy and reliability, including fine-tuning foundation models and curating datasets
- Experience in one or more: code generation (e.g., Codex, text-to-SQL), semantic extraction systems, knowledge graphs (e.g., Neo4j), or real-time ML products
- Passion for rapid iteration and high-quality execution with an entrepreneurial edge
- Up-to-date with AI trends; bonus for publications (e.g., NeurIPS, ACL)
- BS in CS or equivalent, 5-10 years of experience; MS/PhD preferred
What the job involves
- Provide hands-on technical leadership to design, develop, optimize and deploy Generative AI features, leveraging expertise in LLMs, RAGs, NLP, and AI infrastructure to optimize model quality and performance
- Lead a strong technical team across the US and Bangalore, guiding them on state-of-the-art AI models and algorithms while establishing best data-driven development practices
- Build agents that streamline data extraction, transformations and analysis
- Define scalable evaluation strategies that balance AI with human reviewers
Our take
Some reports suggest that data engineers can spend as little as 20% of their time actually analysing data - the rest is spent on administrative tasks like data cleaning and organization. It’s an issue that legacy data management systems are struggling to help enterprises stay on top of, according to Prophecy.
Prophecy has developed a data engineering platform that offers a low-code environment that runs in parallel to the code editor, meaning both analysts and engineers can easily toggle back and forth and collaborate on projects. The company also offers a compiler to help companies move their data pipelines onto the cloud.
This means that Prophecy’s offering straddles two rapidly accelerating trends that could see the company win big business. Firstly, there's an increasing number of companies looking to migrate to the cloud without the astronomical costs and risks that doing so independently can bring. Secondly, the rise of low/no-code is driven by the high demand for (and general shortage of) developer talent. It’s helped the company onboard some key enterprise customers already, so with healthy funding under its belt, Prophecy is making confident first steps.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2025
$47m
SERIES B
Oct 2023
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $116.5m
Company benefits
- We provide Platinum (Blue Shield 90 PPO) healthcare for you and your family that is paid 100% by Prophecy
- There is flexible time off
- Our office is comfortable, with easy parking and everyone gets a standing desk
- California Avenue in Palo Alto is walkable from the office and provides excellent lunch options
- Equinox gym is walkable from the office and your membership is paid by us
Company HQ
Core-Columbia, San Diego, CA
Leadership
Raj Bains
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked as a Software Developer / Engineer with Microsoft and NVIDIA, then moved into senior engineering roles at RMS and Viome, and senior product roles at Clustrix and Hortonworks.
Rohit Bakhshi
(Co-Founder & Advisor)Has worked as a Development Lead with Accenture Interactive, then consulted with them on R&D. Subsequently worked on product development for Hortonworks, Meteor Development Group, and Confluent. Also served as the Web Chair for the VLAB Executive Team at MIT/Stanford Venture Lab.
Maciej Szpakowski
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a software engineer both freelance, and with Lumina Learning. Went on to co-found Researchably.
Vika Smarwaha
(Co-Founder)Previously worked in sales at Satyam Computers Services and HP, before leading sales at Headstrong, then serving as GM at Wipro.
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