Software Engineering Lead

Role Summary

Define architecture, standards, and deliver solutions end to end. This hybrid, generalist role blends core platform design in cloud (AWS/Azure), data, and application architecture with hands-on, customer-facing delivery. You will lead builds across Node.js services, AI and agent workflows, and integrations with enterprise systems, owning quality and reliability.

Cloud and Systems Design

• Depth in building secure, scalable systems across networking, autoscaling, multi-tenant patterns
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CDK
• Strong observability with metrics, tracing, logs, and Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

Application Engineering

• Strong Node.js and TypeScript for APIs and services
• Experience with Postgres
• Experience with vector databases such as pgvector, Pinecone, or Milvus for retrieval and semantic search
• Experience orchestrating agentic workflows and retrieval augmented generation

DevOps and Delivery

• Solid engineering practices including CI/CD with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Automated testing, code reviews, trunk-based development
• Comfortable with Docker and modern release management
• Hands-on use of AI tools with clear ideas for applying AI to development, testing, data, and support

Ownership Mentality and Communication

Ownership mentality, crisp communication, comfortable deciding with 80 percent information. Move fast without breaking things, not afraid to learn new stacks, bring a “we’ll figure it out” attitude.

Why Join

• Direct product and company impact with minimal bureaucracy
• High bar for craft, velocity, and pragmatic shipping

Location

In person, San Francisco Bay Area

Compensation Range

$225K - $450K