# Senior AI Software Engineer (US) at Zapata Ai

- Company: Zapata Ai
- What the company does: About Zapata Quantum Zapata Quantum is shaping the future of quantum computing: setting the standards for what’s viable, valuable, and worth building. Backed by The Engine Accelerator.
- Company website: https://zapataquantum.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hybrid (Boston, Massachusetts, US)
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $180K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/zapata-quantum/jobs/b432040f-8ba2-494a-bb0e-50fa6f5bf7f7
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zapata-ai-senior-ai-software-engineer-us/

## About the role

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to design and build a knowledge graph, ontology, and AI-enabled application related to quantum computing and design. You will work across the stack, with particular focus on the architecture and implementation of knowledge graphs, ontologies, graph and vector databases, RAG, on a small but mighty engineering team. Building, maintaining, and designing scalable graph retrieval based AI applications.

## What they're looking for

- Knowledge graphs and ontologies
- RAG/retrieval systems
- Graph databases / Cypher (Neo4j)
- Vector databases (e.g. Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, FAISS)
- Agentic Design Patterns
- Data Pipeline Design

Tags: R&D

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