Staff Software Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Own and drive architectural decisions for core systems and services, balancing speed, scalability, and security.
• Lead design and development of distributed backend systems, APIs, and integrations.
• Provide technical leadership across the stack, from backend services to frontend applications.
• Mentor, coach, and up-level engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pairing.
• Collaborate with product, design, and leadership to shape technical roadmaps.
• Identify and address cross-cutting concerns such as observability, reliability, and performance.
• Champion engineering best practices, ensuring code quality, testing, and maintainability.
• Stay ahead of industry trends in AI, automation, and security, bringing innovative approaches into our platform.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including leadership in designing and scaling complex systems.
• Strong foundation in software engineering principles and distributed systems.
• Expertise in at least one backend language such as Go, Python, or equivalent.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, TypeScript, or similar).
• Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction and mentor other engineers.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Desired

• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to AI/ML concepts and technologies, such as: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Vector Databases.
• Experience working in an early-stage startup environment.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• GCP certifications such as Professional Cloud Developer or Professional Data Engineer are a plus.

Pay

$160,000 - $230,000 base salary in San Jose.