Staff Software Engineer, Product
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for lists,
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Preserve all substantive info. Include a section only when posting has real specific content. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". So we need to extract sections: About Valence (maybe "About Valence" as heading). The Role description maybe "What You'll Do" as responsibilities. "What We're Looking For" as requirements/qualifications/skills. "What You'll Get" as benefits/compensation? It includes ownership, rapid growth, compensation details, equity, culture. Also location and work environment. Also "Location and Work Environment". Also "Diversity and Inclusion" maybe not needed? It's boilerplate? It's about inclusion but maybe keep? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Diversity and Inclusion might be considered EEO? It's not exactly EEO but could be considered boilerplate. Safer to omit. Employment Verification & Commitment also boilerplate. So we keep substantive sections: About Valence, What You'll Do (Responsibilities), What We're Looking For (Requirements/Skills), What You'll Get (Benefits/Compensation/Culture), Location and Work Environment.
We need to use
for each section heading. Use
for prose,
- for lists.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. Preserve all substantive info. So we need to include details from each section.
Let's extract content.
About Valence paragraph: "Valence has built the only AI native coaching platform for enterprise, offering personalized, expert, and human-like guidance and support to any leader or employee. We’re not just talking about the future of work — we’re building it now, with the most innovative Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology. Learn more about our work with Microsoft: Valence Brings AI Coaching More Deeply Into the Flow of Work with Microsoft 365 Our focus is on the problems that actually decide whether AI changes how organizations operate — the ones with no playbook, no obvious answers, and no guarantee of success. If you want to be part of the small group that defines how AI transforms the future at a global scale, this is your chance. And this isn’t for everyone. We’re not looking for people who want predictability or incremental progress. We only want those who are restless at the edge of what’s possible, who get bored when things feel “done,” and who are driven to redefine what AI can mean for leaders, companies, and the world. Because at Valence, the work worth doing is the kind that redefines work itself."
We can keep that as prose.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities): bullet list:
- Build and extend critical backend services: architect APIs, integrate LLMs and related services, and optimize server-side systems for performance and reliability.
- Develop polished frontend experiences: craft intuitive UI flows, ensure accessibility and responsiveness, and manage data flow between frontend and backend.
- Own end-to-end delivery: from scoping requirements, writing tests, deploying code, to monitoring and observability in production.
- Collaborate deeply: work across product, design, data, and infrastructure to solve real user problems and accelerate delivery.
- Drive best practices: help shape engineering standards, CI/CD automation, observability, and performance benchmarking.
- Mentor and grow: support team members through code reviews, technical discussions, and institution of scalable practices.
Also earlier "You’ll Contribute To" list: Full stack architecture, development, and optimization of features spanning backend, AI/model integration, and frontend interfaces. Designing for scale, performance, and security in enterprise environments. Debugging across the stack - from model behavior and backend services to UI logic and client performance. Collaborating with product, design, and operations to deliver delightful, resilient user experiences. Helping evolve the engineering culture, tooling, hiring, and technical roadmap as the team grows.
We need to preserve all substantive info, not duplicate. We can combine into one responsibilities section with bullet points covering all.
What We're Looking For (Requirements/Skills): bullet list:
- Strong full stack experience: you have shipped production-grade systems involving both backend and frontend components, and you’re comfortable owning APIs and user experiences end-to-end.
- Technical breadth/Engineering skills: deep proficiency with Python (Django preferred) or similar languages for backend; strong JavaScript skills and familiarity with modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue).
- Frontend craftsmanship/UX obsessed: experience building responsive, high-performance UI with attention to usability and scale.
- Enterprise-grade thinking: you build for scale, performance, security, and maintainability in large, distributed environments.
- Builder at Heart: you’ve architected and shipped production-grade, user-facing systems. You balance polish with speed, knowing when to prioritize craftsmanship and when to push scrappy experiments to learn fast.
- Versatility and pragmatism: you balance sound architectural decisions with a willingness to prototype and iterate quickly when needed.
- Customer-Centered & Product-Focused: you care as much about usability, accessibility, and adoption as you do about code quality. You think beyond “does it work” to “does it work for the user, at scale, and in enterprise environments.”
- Startup fluent: you thrive in ambiguity, value momentum over perfection, and enjoy wearing multiple hats.
Also earlier "The Role As a Staff Software Engineer, Product, you will be instrumental in architecting, building, and scaling both backend systems and user-facing experiences that power our LLM-driven coaching platform. You will ship features end-to-end - from designing resilient APIs and integrating models to delivering polished interfaces in the browser - while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and infrastructure. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape a category-defining product used by enterprise customers worldwide." That's also responsibilities but we already have. Could include as prose before list.
What You'll Get (Benefits/Compensation/Culture): bullet list:
- Ownership & Rapid Growth: Outsized missions from day one, with direct responsibility for company-defining projects; Work alongside the executive team with transparency into strategy and decision-making; Influence on direction through real-time customer feedback and market insights.
- AI-First Operator: Work directly with cutting-edge AI models and next-generation platforms; Build expertise in enterprise AI implementation across Fortune 500 companies and multiple industries; Establish yourself as a recognized leader among peers in shaping how AI transforms work at a global scale.
- Compensation: Competitive salary including base + bonuses; Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) from day one; Generous PTO, company-wide R&R shutdowns, and paid parental leave; Retirement plan support for US and global employees.
- Equity: Meaningful ownership in a venture-backed company at a growth inflection point; Financial upside that comes from scaling fast; Top-up grants as we scale and you deliver exceptional performance — your compensation grows alongside your impact.
- Top-Performing Culture: A culture built for top talent: intensity to win, growth without limits, and a team that solves hard problems and celebrates big wins together.
Also "Learn more about us and meet our team here" maybe link but we can ignore as boilerplate? It's a call to action but maybe keep as prose? Might be considered navigation? Probably safe to omit.
Location and Work Environment: "This role can be either remote or hybrid from our offices in New York or Toronto. Candidates must be comfortable working with colleagues in different time zones (UK), and have valid travel documents without work authorization restrictions in the US."
We can put as prose.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We need headings
. Use
for prose paragraphs. Use
- for lists.
We must not include job title heading. So headings: About Valence, Responsibilities (maybe "What You'll Do"), Requirements (maybe "What We're Looking For"), Benefits and Compensation (maybe "What You'll Get"), Location and Work Environment.
We need to ensure no empty sections.
Let's craft.
HTML:
About Valence
Valence has built the only AI native coaching platform for enterprise, offering personalized, expert, and human-like guidance and support to any leader or employee. We’re not just talking about the future of work — we’re building it now, with the most innovative Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology. Learn more about our work with Microsoft: Valence Brings AI Coaching More Deeply Into the Flow of Work with Microsoft 365. Our focus is on the problems that actually decide whether AI changes how organizations operate — the ones with no playbook, no obvious answers, and no guarantee of success. If you want to be part of the small group that defines how AI transforms the future at a global scale, this is your chance. And this isn’t for everyone. We’re not looking for people who want predictability or incremental progress. We only want those who are restless at the edge of what’s possible, who get bored when things feel “done,” and who are driven to redefine what AI can mean for leaders, companies, and the world. Because at Valence, the work worth doing is the kind that redefines work itself.
Responsibilities
As a Staff Software Engineer, Product, you will be instrumental in architecting, building, and scaling both backend systems and user-facing experiences that power our LLM-driven coaching platform. You will ship features end-to-end - from designing resilient APIs and integrating models to delivering polished interfaces in the browser - while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and infrastructure. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape a category-defining product used by enterprise customers worldwide.
- Build and extend critical backend services: architect APIs, integrate LLMs and related services, and optimize server-side systems for performance and reliability.
- Develop polished frontend experiences: craft intuitive UI flows, ensure accessibility and responsiveness, and manage data flow between frontend and backend.
- Own end-to-end delivery: from scoping requirements, writing tests, deploying code, to monitoring and observability in production.
- Collaborate deeply: work across product, design, data, and infrastructure to solve real user problems and accelerate delivery.
- Drive best practices: help shape engineering standards, CI/CD automation, observability, and performance benchmarking.
- Mentor and grow: support team members through code reviews, technical discussions, and institution of scalable practices.
- Contribute to full stack architecture, development, and optimization of features spanning backend, AI/model integration, and frontend interfaces.
- Design for scale, performance, and security in enterprise environments.
- Debug across the stack - from model behavior and backend services to UI logic and client performance.
- Collaborate with product, design, and operations to deliver delightful, resilient user experiences.
- Help evolve the engineering culture, tooling, hiring, and technical roadmap as the team grows.
Requirements
- Strong full stack experience: you have shipped production-grade systems involving both backend and frontend components, and you’re comfortable owning APIs and user experiences end-to-end.
- Technical breadth/Engineering skills: deep proficiency with Python (Django preferred) or similar languages for backend; strong JavaScript skills and familiarity with modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue).
- Frontend craftsmanship/UX obsessed: experience building responsive, high-performance UI with attention to usability and scale.
- Enterprise-grade thinking: you build for scale, performance, security, and maintainability in large, distributed environments.
- Builder at Heart: you’ve architected and shipped production-grade, user-facing systems. You balance polish with speed, knowing when to prioritize craftsmanship and when
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Preserve all substantive info. Include a section only when posting has real specific content. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". So we need to extract sections: About Valence (maybe "About Valence" as heading). The Role description maybe "What You'll Do" as responsibilities. "What We're Looking For" as requirements/qualifications/skills. "What You'll Get" as benefits/compensation? It includes ownership, rapid growth, compensation details, equity, culture. Also location and work environment. Also "Location and Work Environment". Also "Diversity and Inclusion" maybe not needed? It's boilerplate? It's about inclusion but maybe keep? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Diversity and Inclusion might be considered EEO? It's not exactly EEO but could be considered boilerplate. Safer to omit. Employment Verification & Commitment also boilerplate. So we keep substantive sections: About Valence, What You'll Do (Responsibilities), What We're Looking For (Requirements/Skills), What You'll Get (Benefits/Compensation/Culture), Location and Work Environment. We need to use
for each section heading. Use
for prose,
- for lists.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. Preserve all substantive info. So we need to include details from each section.
Let's extract content.
About Valence paragraph: "Valence has built the only AI native coaching platform for enterprise, offering personalized, expert, and human-like guidance and support to any leader or employee. We’re not just talking about the future of work — we’re building it now, with the most innovative Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology. Learn more about our work with Microsoft: Valence Brings AI Coaching More Deeply Into the Flow of Work with Microsoft 365 Our focus is on the problems that actually decide whether AI changes how organizations operate — the ones with no playbook, no obvious answers, and no guarantee of success. If you want to be part of the small group that defines how AI transforms the future at a global scale, this is your chance. And this isn’t for everyone. We’re not looking for people who want predictability or incremental progress. We only want those who are restless at the edge of what’s possible, who get bored when things feel “done,” and who are driven to redefine what AI can mean for leaders, companies, and the world. Because at Valence, the work worth doing is the kind that redefines work itself."
We can keep that as prose.
What You'll Do (Responsibilities): bullet list:
- Build and extend critical backend services: architect APIs, integrate LLMs and related services, and optimize server-side systems for performance and reliability.
- Develop polished frontend experiences: craft intuitive UI flows, ensure accessibility and responsiveness, and manage data flow between frontend and backend.
- Own end-to-end delivery: from scoping requirements, writing tests, deploying code, to monitoring and observability in production.
- Collaborate deeply: work across product, design, data, and infrastructure to solve real user problems and accelerate delivery.
- Drive best practices: help shape engineering standards, CI/CD automation, observability, and performance benchmarking.
- Mentor and grow: support team members through code reviews, technical discussions, and institution of scalable practices.
Also earlier "You’ll Contribute To" list: Full stack architecture, development, and optimization of features spanning backend, AI/model integration, and frontend interfaces. Designing for scale, performance, and security in enterprise environments. Debugging across the stack - from model behavior and backend services to UI logic and client performance. Collaborating with product, design, and operations to deliver delightful, resilient user experiences. Helping evolve the engineering culture, tooling, hiring, and technical roadmap as the team grows.
We need to preserve all substantive info, not duplicate. We can combine into one responsibilities section with bullet points covering all.
What We're Looking For (Requirements/Skills): bullet list:
- Strong full stack experience: you have shipped production-grade systems involving both backend and frontend components, and you’re comfortable owning APIs and user experiences end-to-end.
- Technical breadth/Engineering skills: deep proficiency with Python (Django preferred) or similar languages for backend; strong JavaScript skills and familiarity with modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue).
- Frontend craftsmanship/UX obsessed: experience building responsive, high-performance UI with attention to usability and scale.
- Enterprise-grade thinking: you build for scale, performance, security, and maintainability in large, distributed environments.
- Builder at Heart: you’ve architected and shipped production-grade, user-facing systems. You balance polish with speed, knowing when to prioritize craftsmanship and when to push scrappy experiments to learn fast.
- Versatility and pragmatism: you balance sound architectural decisions with a willingness to prototype and iterate quickly when needed.
- Customer-Centered & Product-Focused: you care as much about usability, accessibility, and adoption as you do about code quality. You think beyond “does it work” to “does it work for the user, at scale, and in enterprise environments.”
- Startup fluent: you thrive in ambiguity, value momentum over perfection, and enjoy wearing multiple hats.
Also earlier "The Role As a Staff Software Engineer, Product, you will be instrumental in architecting, building, and scaling both backend systems and user-facing experiences that power our LLM-driven coaching platform. You will ship features end-to-end - from designing resilient APIs and integrating models to delivering polished interfaces in the browser - while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and infrastructure. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape a category-defining product used by enterprise customers worldwide." That's also responsibilities but we already have. Could include as prose before list.
What You'll Get (Benefits/Compensation/Culture): bullet list:
- Ownership & Rapid Growth: Outsized missions from day one, with direct responsibility for company-defining projects; Work alongside the executive team with transparency into strategy and decision-making; Influence on direction through real-time customer feedback and market insights.
- AI-First Operator: Work directly with cutting-edge AI models and next-generation platforms; Build expertise in enterprise AI implementation across Fortune 500 companies and multiple industries; Establish yourself as a recognized leader among peers in shaping how AI transforms work at a global scale.
- Compensation: Competitive salary including base + bonuses; Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) from day one; Generous PTO, company-wide R&R shutdowns, and paid parental leave; Retirement plan support for US and global employees.
- Equity: Meaningful ownership in a venture-backed company at a growth inflection point; Financial upside that comes from scaling fast; Top-up grants as we scale and you deliver exceptional performance — your compensation grows alongside your impact.
- Top-Performing Culture: A culture built for top talent: intensity to win, growth without limits, and a team that solves hard problems and celebrates big wins together.
Also "Learn more about us and meet our team here" maybe link but we can ignore as boilerplate? It's a call to action but maybe keep as prose? Might be considered navigation? Probably safe to omit.
Location and Work Environment: "This role can be either remote or hybrid from our offices in New York or Toronto. Candidates must be comfortable working with colleagues in different time zones (UK), and have valid travel documents without work authorization restrictions in the US."
We can put as prose.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We need headings
. Use
for prose paragraphs. Use
- for lists.
We must not include job title heading. So headings: About Valence, Responsibilities (maybe "What You'll Do"), Requirements (maybe "What We're Looking For"), Benefits and Compensation (maybe "What You'll Get"), Location and Work Environment.
We need to ensure no empty sections.
Let's craft.
HTML:
About Valence
Valence has built the only AI native coaching platform for enterprise, offering personalized, expert, and human-like guidance and support to any leader or employee. We’re not just talking about the future of work — we’re building it now, with the most innovative Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology. Learn more about our work with Microsoft: Valence Brings AI Coaching More Deeply Into the Flow of Work with Microsoft 365. Our focus is on the problems that actually decide whether AI changes how organizations operate — the ones with no playbook, no obvious answers, and no guarantee of success. If you want to be part of the small group that defines how AI transforms the future at a global scale, this is your chance. And this isn’t for everyone. We’re not looking for people who want predictability or incremental progress. We only want those who are restless at the edge of what’s possible, who get bored when things feel “done,” and who are driven to redefine what AI can mean for leaders, companies, and the world. Because at Valence, the work worth doing is the kind that redefines work itself.
Responsibilities
As a Staff Software Engineer, Product, you will be instrumental in architecting, building, and scaling both backend systems and user-facing experiences that power our LLM-driven coaching platform. You will ship features end-to-end - from designing resilient APIs and integrating models to delivering polished interfaces in the browser - while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and infrastructure. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape a category-defining product used by enterprise customers worldwide.
- Build and extend critical backend services: architect APIs, integrate LLMs and related services, and optimize server-side systems for performance and reliability.
- Develop polished frontend experiences: craft intuitive UI flows, ensure accessibility and responsiveness, and manage data flow between frontend and backend.
- Own end-to-end delivery: from scoping requirements, writing tests, deploying code, to monitoring and observability in production.
- Collaborate deeply: work across product, design, data, and infrastructure to solve real user problems and accelerate delivery.
- Drive best practices: help shape engineering standards, CI/CD automation, observability, and performance benchmarking.
- Mentor and grow: support team members through code reviews, technical discussions, and institution of scalable practices.
- Contribute to full stack architecture, development, and optimization of features spanning backend, AI/model integration, and frontend interfaces.
- Design for scale, performance, and security in enterprise environments.
- Debug across the stack - from model behavior and backend services to UI logic and client performance.
- Collaborate with product, design, and operations to deliver delightful, resilient user experiences.
- Help evolve the engineering culture, tooling, hiring, and technical roadmap as the team grows.
Requirements
- Strong full stack experience: you have shipped production-grade systems involving both backend and frontend components, and you’re comfortable owning APIs and user experiences end-to-end.
- Technical breadth/Engineering skills: deep proficiency with Python (Django preferred) or similar languages for backend; strong JavaScript skills and familiarity with modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue).
- Frontend craftsmanship/UX obsessed: experience building responsive, high-performance UI with attention to usability and scale.
- Enterprise-grade thinking: you build for scale, performance, security, and maintainability in large, distributed environments.
- Builder at Heart: you’ve architected and shipped production-grade, user-facing systems. You balance polish with speed, knowing when to prioritize craftsmanship and when
- for lists.
We must not include job title heading. So headings: About Valence, Responsibilities (maybe "What You'll Do"), Requirements (maybe "What We're Looking For"), Benefits and Compensation (maybe "What You'll Get"), Location and Work Environment.
We need to ensure no empty sections.
Let's craft.
HTML: