# Senior Software Engineer at Strac

- Company: Strac (YC W22)
- What the company does: Data Discovery, DLP, DSPM for SaaS, Cloud, Gen AI & Endpoints. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.strac.io/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Redmond, WA, US / Seattle, WA, US / Bellevue, WA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $110K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2022-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/strac/jobs/aqRX4ow-senior-software-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/strac-senior-software-engineer/

## About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Strac, you'll build cutting-edge full-stack technologies that will transform the way businesses scan and remediate sensitive data across various SaaS, Cloud, Gen AI, Endpoints. Through high ownership, you’ll help expand our product offering to cover more third-party integrations. You'll work closely with core platform engineers to connect these integrations in a concise, scalable, and resilient manner.

## What they're looking for

- Deep proficiency in JavaScript, Node.js, Python, or Java
- Strong experience using AI-native development tools like Claude Code, Cursor to accelerate coding, debugging, and refactoring
- Hands-on experience using AI/ML tools (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, vector databases) and integrating AI into production systems
- Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts such as LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Expertise in AWS services (Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB, RDS, ECS, ECR, SQS) and AWS networking (VPC, Subnets, ALB, IAM)
- Experience with scalable architecture design, APIs, and both SQL and NoSQL databases

Tags: Engineering