Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Llamaparse
| Company | LlamaIndex |
|---|---|
| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience
- Strong software engineering background with deep expertise in Typescript
- Experience with document processing technologies (e.g., PDF parsing, OCR, layout analysis)
- Strong understanding of modern AI/ML techniques, particularly in document understanding and NLP
- Experience with production API design and implementation
- Track record of executing with high intensity in fast-paced environments
- Willingness to read file format specification documents and RFCs
Responsibilities
- Design and implement advanced document parsing pipelines that handle complex PDFs, PowerPoints, Word documents, spreadsheets, and any other kind of files
- Develop and optimize machine learning models for document structure understanding, table extraction, and layout analysis
- Build and maintain robust APIs and infrastructure to support high-volume document processing
- Collaborate with the broader AI team to improve RAG pipeline integration and document preprocessing
- Drive technical decisions while balancing speed, quality, and maintainability
- Contribute to both our open-source framework and enterprise offering
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with building file parsers
- Strong expertise in Python
- Experience with computer vision or document understanding models
- Familiarity with LLM applications, particularly in document processing contexts
- Contributions to open-source document processing or ML projects
- Experience with frontend development
- Experience with ABS Document x86
- Background in technical product development at fast-growing startups
- Proven track record of shipping production ML systems