Platform Engineer, AI Tooling

Drata, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Hybrid - San Francisco

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Build and maintain the internal AI platform that empowers Drata’s engineers by automating code generation, verification, testing, and delivery through agentic workflows.
• Implement custom AI agent skills, subagents, hooks, and plugins tailored to specific engineering workflows such as PR review, test generation, on-call summaries, migration scripts, and release notes.
• Integrate AI tools into CI/CD pipelines to automate tasks including PR review, documentation generation, test scaffolding, and bug triage.
• Design and operate the observability layer for AI tooling, including usage telemetry, cost dashboards, and audit logs for all AI-driven changes.
• Conduct evaluations of agent workflows to measure performance, identify regressions, and optimize efficiency.
• Maintain a reusable engineering harness used across teams to standardize AI tooling adoption and reduce duplication.
• Investigate and resolve issues including misbehaving agents, eval regressions, cost spikes, and permission edge cases in MCP servers.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to design, code, test, and release platform features in an agile environment.
• Partner with engineering teams to onboard and customize AI coding tools, debug agent behavior, and ship solutions that solve real workflow problems.
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code in TypeScript or Python for production-grade developer tooling.
• Stay current with emerging AI coding tools and patterns, and evaluate their applicability to Drata’s internal engineering stack.
• Participate in design reviews, post-mortems, and on-call rotations for the AI Tooling platform.
• Ensure security best practices are upheld when exposing internal systems to AI agents, addressing risks like prompt injection, secrets in prompts, and code/data egress.
• Develop developer-facing tooling such as CLIs, GitHub Apps, and integrations to streamline engineering workflows.
• Contribute to the evolution of Drata’s AI tooling strategy by researching and prototyping new technologies and approaches.
• Document processes, runbooks, and design decisions clearly to enable team-wide adoption and knowledge sharing.
• Work in a hybrid model with in-office collaboration Tuesdays through Thursdays in San Francisco; Mondays and Fridays are flexible for focused work.
• Own end-to-end features from concept to production, with autonomy and accountability for outcomes.
• Work within Drata’s core stack: NodeJS/TypeScript, Temporal, MySQL, REST APIs, and AWS.
• Apply engineering productivity frameworks like DORA, DX, and SPACE to measure and improve tooling impact.
• Contribute to a culture of trust, speed, and continuous growth by embodying Drata’s values: Built on Trust, Act with Integrity, Customer-Obsessed, Competitive Fire, Diversity, and Automation First.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer building production systems and platforms
• Daily user of AI coding tools with experience customizing skills, rules, subagents, MCP servers, hooks, or extensions
• Working knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and securely exposing internal tools to AI agents
• Solid backend skills in TypeScript or Python, including REST APIs, async work, and relational databases
• Experience building developer-facing tooling such as CLIs, GitHub Apps, or integrations
• Working knowledge of CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions)

🏖️ Benefits

• Stock equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Generous annual stipends for professional and personal development
• Paid Parental Leave after six months of employment, plus access to Kindbody fertility and family-building benefits
• Flexible vacation policy with paid holidays and hybrid work model (Tues–Thurs in-office in San Francisco)
• 401(k) plan, company-paid life and disability insurance, and tax-advantaged spending accounts

Skills & Technologies

Python

TypeScript

Node.js

MySQL

AWS

Hybrid

$131k-178k

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About Drata, Inc.

Drata is a compliance automation platform that continuously monitors and collects evidence for security frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. It integrates with cloud services, identity providers, and SaaS tools to track controls, manage risks, and generate audit-ready documentation. The company serves technology startups and enterprises seeking to streamline security compliance workflows and maintain continuous monitoring without manual spreadsheets.

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