Alation is looking to solve the problem of helping organizations unlock their full potential by bringing intelligence, automation, and trust to every interaction, and empowering customers to scale data-driven innovation with confidence and speed.
Requirements
- Curiosity and an understanding of LLMs or AI system development — from prompting to evaluation.
- Comfort working with SQL and relational data; familiarity with tools like Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift is a plus.
- Understanding of data pipelines and ETL using dbt, FiveTran or custom Python code.
- Interest in working across the full lifecycle — from problem framing and prototyping to testing and deployment.
Responsibilities
- Build purposeful AI Agents: Work with modern LLM and agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Pydantic-AI) to evaluate, benchmark, and refine performance.
- Build AI-powered applications: Develop agentic systems that combine structured data, language models, and workflow to solve real-world problems.
- Understand and work with the internal data warehouse as well as other business applications such as Salesforce.
- Code with care: Write clean, well-structured Python code for integrations, pipelines, and intelligent systems.
Other
- Currently pursuing or recently completed B.S. in Computer Science or related field (M.S. in Computer Science or related field preferred)
- Clear communication skills and an ability to collaborate with both engineers and non-technical teams.
- A growth mindset — you like learning new frameworks, exploring ideas, and solving open-ended problems.
- Ability to work in a hybrid model and collaborate in the Redwood City office
- Must be eligible to work in the US, as the company participates in E-Verify
