Job Summary:

Drata is advancing the frontier of compliance automation by integrating intelligent AI capabilities into its trust platform. We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to help design, build, and scale robust, high-impact AI systems that improve operational efficiency, enhance decision-making, and support trust-critical enterprise workflows.

This role focuses on solving complex, real-world problems with agentic AI, LLMs, and intelligent reasoning systems in a compliance and security context.

As a Senior AI Engineer, you will own the end-to-end design, implementation, and evolution of AI-driven features across the Drata platform.

What you'll do:

Build Agentic & Intelligent AI Systems

• Design and implement LLM-powered systems capable of multi-step reasoning, evidence grounding, and decision support in high-stakes compliance environments
• Develop agentic workflows that combine retrieval, tool use, structured reasoning, and human oversight
• Create interactive AI experiences that allow users to engage naturally with complex compliance and risk data

Automated Reasoning Over Regulations & Evidence

• Build AI systems that reason over structured and unstructured data to support regulatory interpretation, control validation, and risk assessment
• Ensure AI outputs are traceable, explainable, and auditable, meeting the expectations of enterprise compliance teams

Production-Grade AI Architecture

• Architect and deploy scalable LLM + retrieval + agent systems in production environments
• Optimize for latency, cost, reliability, and evaluation in real-world enterprise workloads
• Partner with platform, security, product teams, and other application development teams to operationalize AI safely and effectively

Responsible & Trustworthy AI

• Embed human-in-the-loop workflows, confidence thresholds, and safety guardrails into AI systems
• Ensure privacy-preserving data handling, robust failure modes, and transparent behavior aligned with Drata's values

What you'll bring:

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience; 2+ years specifically in ML/AI engineering
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in Python; TypeScript experience is a plus, especially for production AI system integration
• Retrieval & Vector Stores: Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma, FAISS, etc.) and RAG system design
• LLM & AI Systems: Proven experience building and shipping LLM-based applications in production, including embeddings, RAG, agent frameworks, prompt engineering
• Production Expertise: Track record of taking AI systems from concept to production, designing scalable, maintainable solutions
• Problem Solving: Ability to decompose complex tasks into agentic workflows and reason over high-stakes, structured, and unstructured data
• Collaboration: Experience working cross-functionally with product, compliance, security, and engineering teams

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, security, risk, or audit domains
• Familiarity with Snowflake-based analytics, knowledge graphs, or enterprise data platforms
• Experience partnering with non-technical stakeholders such as compliance or GRC teams

Impact

This role defines how AI is responsibly embedded into a trust-critical enterprise platform. Your work will:

• Establish foundational agentic AI capabilities that power multiple present and future product experiences
• Enable customers to derive accurate, explainable insights from complex compliance and security data
• Set the technical and ethical standard for applying modern AI in regulated, high-stakes environments

How we support you:At Drata, our people are our strongest advantage-and we prove it with support that exceeds industry standards. Our total rewards package is designed to power your well-being, accelerate your growth, and keep your work-life balance thriving.

Explore how we invest in your Life at Drata.

• Shared Success: We provide stock equity to ensure that as the company grows, you share directly in that success. Equity gives every employee a sense of ownership and the opportunity to celebrate our wins together-because your contributions don't just support our progress; they help drive our collective success.
• Health & Wellness: Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, along with comprehensive wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services designed to support your needs beyond traditional insurance.
• Financial Well-being: A comprehensive suite of financial benefits, including a 401(k) plan, company-paid life and disability insurance, tax-advantaged spending accounts, and a range of discounted voluntary offerings to help you customize and strengthen your overall financial position.
• Family Support: We want to support you in life's most important moments, so we offer a paid Parental Leave policy, after six months of employment. Employees also receive access to Kindbody fertility and family-building benefits and dedicated leave specialists who help guide you through the entire process.
• Growth & Development: Generous annual stipends for both professional and personal development, empowering you to invest in your continued growth. You'll also have access to a wide range of internal learning opportunities, ensuring you can build new skills, deepen your expertise, and advance your career with confidence.
• Time Off & Flexibility: We believe that to do your best work, you should get the time you need for rest, rejuvenation and recovery. Drata offers a flexible vacation policy, paid holidays, and other perks to recharge.

This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and stock, typically in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The applicable salary range for this role is: $166,900 - $225,900.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone's leveling and compensation-including a candidate's professional background and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future and final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.