Striveworks helps organizations harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve real-world national security and business challenges by serving as the command center between data, models, and business outcomes. Founded by data scientists and engineers, Striveworks set out to make the journey from deployment to ongoing optimization simple and effective.
With Striveworks, organizations aren’t just deploying AI—they’re building systems that remain reliable, adaptable, and ready to scale in an unpredictable world. Mission-critical operations require models that perform where they’re deployed, scale as workloads grow, and adapt rapidly as AI capabilities advance. Striveworks meets these demands, increasing reliability and performance while lowering costs—and enabling confident, data-driven decision-making in dynamic environments.
The RoleAs a Senior Software Engineer at Striveworks, you’ll be challenged—and trusted—on day one to be a core contributor to the products and direction of the company.
Our flagship product, Chariot, is used by customers to develop, deploy, and maintain production ML models. We’re looking for exemplary engineers with a product mindset, who can write quality code in Go and Python and who ultimately want to be core contributors to the direction of the company. You’re right for this challenge if you value and possess technical expertise and you push the boundaries of your own capabilities. You are outcome driven, not requirements driven. We’re looking for people who are excited about our central development themes:
- Everything as Code
- Cloud-neutral development
- User-centric design
- Hexagonal, event-driven, microservice architecture
- Optimizing, deploying, and refining AI models and algorithms
This position offers a fully remote work environment, or you can work hybrid/on site at our office in northwest Austin, TX.
The Right FitIn addition to the specific skills and expertise detailed below, we are looking for individuals who share our values. Sharing a set of values allows us to move at the speed of trust.
Collectively, we value a high-trust work environment where people respect each other and use candor kindly and constructively. We value work that intersects passion and perseverance, we geek out about the potential of our contributions, and we find joy in working hard on things that matter. Finally, we value taking ownership, having agency, and feeling individual responsibility for collective results.
Here’s what else we’re looking for:
- 6–8 years of hands on development experience
- Excellence in Go, C++ (17 or higher), Java (11 or higher), C# (9 or higher), or Rust
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with DevOps tooling: CI/CD tools, Git, Docker, Kubernetes
- Proven experience with cloud architecture: commercial cloud, OpenStack
- Experience in the design and development of performant, scalable services
- Familiarity with database design and architecture: relational and non-relational
- Ability to work cross-functionally and participate in or lead design discussions
- Ability to independently lead the software development life cycle, from collaborating with product teams on requirements to executing technical design, implementation, and deployment
- Experience in knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching (i.e., onboarding, code reviews, leading junior engineers)
- Strong understanding of software development principles, such as object-oriented programming, design patterns, documentation, and agile methodologies
- Driven, self-directed personality
- Strong sense of mission and commitment to making a difference
- Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field, or similar experience
- Due to the nature of this role, candidates must be a US person (a US citizen, a US national, or a Green Card holder)
We’re very interested in developers who possess the above qualifications, and we heavily appreciate and consider the addition of:
- Understanding of synchronous/asynchronous programming and concurrency
- Comfort with integration of deep learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- Experience designing RESTful, gRPC, or GraphQL APIs
- Understanding of networked and distributed computing
- Knowledge of messaging systems (e.g., NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Experience with workflow automation
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $160,000 to $200,000/year. Striveworks’ total compensation package includes a competitive base salary, equity grants, and cash bonuses.
The Benefits- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
- HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
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Striveworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, belief, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression), national origin, social or ethnic origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. Striveworks will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.
If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact Operations at [email protected].
Striveworks is a participating employer in the E-Verify program.
Skills Required
- 6-8 years of hands on development experience
- Excellence in Go, C++, Java, C#, or Rust
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with CI/CD tools, Git, Docker, Kubernetes
- Proven experience with cloud architecture
- Ability to work cross-functionally
- Bachelor's degree in CS or related field or similar experience
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Striveworks Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage includes medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside life and disability insurance, with FSA/HSA options listed. This breadth signals a comprehensive health and protection package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — An unlimited PTO policy is advertised along with paid holidays, sick leave, and generous parental leave. These offerings indicate flexible time-away provisions spanning day-to-day needs and family events.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Company equity via a stock incentive plan is highlighted alongside performance bonuses. This structure enables employees to participate in company upside beyond base pay.
Striveworks Insights
What We Do
“In 36 months, agentic AI systems will be an operating reality across major institutions. We intend to be central to it.” — Dr. Jim Rebesco, Cofounder and CEO, Striveworks The next era of American leadership will be defined by whether our AI systems can work when and where it matters most. Since 2018, Striveworks has delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in continuous, real-world use. Today, our platform is trusted by hundreds of people responsible for some of the most important operations across the United States, and the results speak for themselves. Chariot solves what most platforms don’t, delivering and managing production-grade ML in austere, disconnected, and high-stakes environments where speed and accuracy are mission-critical. At scale, systems process data 21x faster and fuse signals 40x faster across distributed nodes. In live environments, models deliver ~30% average performance lift, with gains up to 2x on specific object classes. In critical workflows, execution improves by 95% with no loss in accuracy. If you want to build systems that work for a mission that matters—and be accountable for systems that work in the real world, we should talk. Striveworks is a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and a Built In Best Places to Work.
Why Work With Us
Our people and products shape solutions that directly affect the geopolitical landscape. We are cross-functional talent working together on the cutting edge to provide mission critical solutions.
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Striveworks Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
