Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming security operations for large enterprises by preventing security incidents before they happen. Ambient AI has a globally deployed footprint with several F500 companies. The Ambient AI platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to monitor physical security and detect real-time threats. Ambient AI does this while decreasing false alarms by over 95%, allowing security teams to focus on legitimate threats and rapid response. The future of enterprise physical security is data-driven, intelligent, and proactive. With Ambient AI, companies can do more with less while also improving their security posture.

We were founded in 2017 by Shikhar Shrestha and Vikesh Khanna. They are experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford University, who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Dropbox. We are a Series-B company backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, YCombinator, and investment angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie, and Elad Gil.

Named on the YC Top Companies List 2021, 2022, 2023, and the Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2020, we are turning the impossible into the inevitable. We are always looking for passionate people who enjoy solving the toughest problems with cutting-edge AI/ML.

**Fun facts about our technology:**

- Over 5bn+ events are ingested daily into our data processing pipeline, which generates real-time insights with sub-second latencies backed by an SLA
- Our data stores collectively handle 100TB of data empowering queries with super low latencies using technologies like ElasticSearch, Postgres, Timescale, and Redis
- We maintain 99.99% availability across our tech stack, which we meticulously monitor and ensure we meet the SLA
- We handle real-time video streaming using WebRTC with sub-second latencies for a mission-critical application
- We build core technologies to enable real-time video summarization and low latency search over 25bn+ media objects
- To enable privacy-focused computer vision intelligence, we leverage edge computing coupled with serverless technologies ensuring high scalability

**Position Overview:**

We are seeking a talented and experienced Software Engineer specializing in backend development to join our dynamic team. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable software solutions that power our applications and services. Your expertise will be vital in building efficient and high-performance backend systems that meet our business needs.

**The impact you'll make:**

- Helping to scale this 10x
- Design and implement highly available, latency-sensitive fault-tolerant microservices
- Core infrastructure for processing large volumes of video streaming data
- Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of all backend services
- Develop large-size platform problems and own small-to-medium platform features end-to-end
- You will work as an important member of the platform team that owns one or more
- services/product features, end-to-end
- Expect to be challenged and stretch your skills regularly

**The amazing skills you'll bring to Ambient.ai:**

- Expertise in APIs (REST / GraphQL), general web backend design principles, relational databases (MySQL / Postgres), streaming pipelines, pub-sub systems, and indexing systems
- Has experience owning and delivering projects end-to-end
- Cross-functional experience is a bonus
- Thrives in the fast-paced, unstructured environment of a hyper-growth startup
- Self-motivated to take action and add value
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills

**Why join us:**

- We are creating an entirely new category within a 180+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible
- We have an impressive customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, VMware, and SentinelOne
- Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company
- Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan)
- We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles depending on customer demand)
- The latest tech and awesome swag will be delivered to your door
- Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers
- We love to hike, are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recent Ambient Spotify Playlist

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We take a market-based approach to pay here at Ambient.ai, and pay may vary depending on multiple factors. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, level, market conditions, and internal parity.

Base salary is just one component of our total rewards package. As a fast-growing start-up, our regular employees are also granted stock options, and an opportunity to succeed when Ambient.ai succeeds. As a young start-up with product market fit, our stock upside is substantial, and a large part of our total rewards strategy.

The pay scale below represents the starting base salary range we expect to pay for this position, and is subject to change*:

SF Bay Area: $176,000 - $220,000

- From time to time, we may decide to make an offer to a candidate that is either leveled below or above this role based on skills, experience, and interview performance.

Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming security operations for large enterprises by preventing security incidents before they happen. Ambient.ai has a globally deployed footprint with several F500 companies. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver physical security monitoring and detect threats in real-time. Ambient.ai does this while simultaneously decreasing false alarms by over 95%, allowing security teams to focus on legitimate threats and on rapid response. The future of enterprise physical security is data-driven, intelligent, and proactive. With Ambient.ai, companies can do more with less, while also improving their security posture.

We were founded in 2017 by Shikhar Shrestha and Vikesh Khanna. They are experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford University who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Dropbox. We are a Series-B company backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, YCombinator, and investment angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie, and Elad Gil.

Named on the YC Top Companies List 2021, 2022, 2023 and the Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2020, we are turning the impossible into the inevitable. We are always looking for passionate people, who enjoy solving the toughest problems with cutting-edge AI/ML.

**Position Overview:**

Reporting to Vikesh Khanna, you will get a unique opportunity to work on new industry-defining applications in the Smart Building space. In this cross-functional role, you will get broad exposure to other engineering stakeholders, business teams, and customers. Specifically, you will build prototypes for new applications, closely work with the customer and our internal business teams to assess their performance and impact, and help to bring these prototypes to production.

**The impact you'll make:**

- Build integration software for Ambient’s core platform that may run on the cloud or on our forward-deployed edge IoT servers
- Effectively leverage 3rd party APIs to ingest various additional data sources into Ambient.ai’s core platform
- Partner with other engineering stakeholders on design & architecture to effectively integrate new data sources into the core product
- Partner with customer success teams to support the implementation of integrations at new customer sites
- Build tools for monitoring the health and reliability of integrations deployed in the field

**The amazing skills you'll bring to Ambient.ai:**

- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field with a strong programming background
- Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies and rapidly build domain and product knowledge
- Minimum 3+ years of experience shipping enterprise-grade software
- Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Python, GO,C++ will be preferred) used at backend
- Familiarity with computer networks and related technologies such as HTTP Requests
- Experience with common database systems such as MySQL and the ability to write efficient SQL queries
- Experience with REST OR GraphQL APIs.
- A good understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and operating systems fundamentals desired
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
- Strong desire to solve challenging problems, learn new things and wear many hats as part of an early-stage company
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Domain knowledge in the field of CCTV, video surveillance, VMS (Video Management Systems), Access Control, Biometrics, Identity access management, Visitor Identity Management, Camera Security System,PACS (Physical access control systems) will be preferred

**Why join us:**

- We are creating an entirely new category within a 180+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible
- We have an impressive customer roster of Fortune 500 companies including Adobe, VMware, and SentinelOne
- Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company
- We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles depending on customer demand)
- The latest tech and awesome swag delivered to your door
- Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers

Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Senior Software Engineer - Ecosystem Integrations

Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming security operations for large enterprises by preventing security incidents before they happen. Ambient.ai has a globally deployed footprint with several Fortune 500 companies. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver physical security monitoring and detect threats in real-time. Ambient.ai does this while simultaneously decreasing false alarms by over 95%, allowing security teams to focus on legitimate threats and on rapid response. The future of enterprise physical security is data-driven, intelligent, and proactive. With Ambient.ai, companies can do more with less, while also improving their security posture.

We were founded in 2017 by Shikhar Shrestha and Vikesh Khanna. They are experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford University who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Dropbox.

We are a Series-B company backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, YCombinator, and investment angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie, and Elad Gil. Named on the YC Top Companies List 2021, 2022, 2023 and the Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2020, we are turning the impossible into the inevitable. We are always looking for passionate people, who enjoy solving the toughest problems with cutting-edge AI/ML.

**Position Overview:**

**The impact you'll make:**

- Design and implement REST and GraphQL endpoints
- Design and implement highly available, latency-sensitive fault-tolerant microservices
- Core infrastructure for processing large volumes of video streaming data
- Improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of all backend services
- Develop large-size platform problems and own small-to-medium platform features end-to-end
- You will work as an important member of the platform team that owns one or more services/product features, end-to-end
- Expect to be challenged and stretch your skills regularly

**The amazing skills you'll bring to Ambient.ai:**

- BS in Computer Science or equivalent field with a programming background
- Strong experience working with at least one of the Object-oriented Programming Languages like Python, C++, Golang would be required
- At least 5+ years of experience building scalable and available web services
- Expertise in APIs (REST / GraphQL), general web backend design principles, relational databases (MySQL / Postgres), streaming pipelines, pub-sub systems, and indexing systems
- Write clean and maintainable code
- Design and implement complex systems including communication between several services (pub-sub paradigm, microservices architecture)
- Manage service reliability, including any cloud operations work (AWS, Google Cloud)
- Experience with Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ,ActiveMQ or similar tools/technologies will be highly preferred
- Experience building SaaS product offerings will be a huge advantage

**Why join us:**

- We are creating an entirely new category within a 180+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible
- We have an impressive customer roster of Fortune 500 companies including Adobe, VMware, SentinelOne, and many more
- Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company
- We offer generous time off to rest and recharge including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles depending on customer demand)
- The latest tech and awesome swag delivered to your door
- Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers

Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws.

Software Engineer Engineer (Full Stack)

Ambient.ai

Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming enterprise security operations to prevent security incidents before they happen. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver continuous physical security monitoring and automate the immediate dispatch of human resources. Ambient.ai is the first platform that goes beyond basic motion detection and image recognition to achieve near-human perception with automated situational context. 

With physical security incidents on the rise and physical security organizations left under-resourced, Ambient.ai’s computer intelligence platform comes at a time of critical need, which is why the company has raised over $50 million from venture capital investors led by a16z. Today, large enterprises, schools and organizations – including many of the largest US tech companies and other Fortune 500 companies – use Ambient.ai to secure property, people, and assets from the most harrowing physical security threats.

The company was founded in 2017 by experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft and Dropbox. We are backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, Y Combinator, and visionary angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie and Elad Gil.

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