Staff Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Software Engineer

Description

Lead end-to-end architecture and delivery across Node.js backend services, AI and agent workflows, and enterprise system integrations. Own quality and reliability so agents can reason, act, and deliver outcomes at scale using retrieval and semantic search. Drive high-craft, pragmatic shipping in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture, standards, and end-to-end solutions

• Lead builds across Node.js services, AI/agent workflows, and enterprise integrations

• Own quality and reliability with strong observability practices

• Enable scalable agent reasoning and action using retrieval augmented generation

Requirements

• Strong experience building distributed systems or backend platforms in production

• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CDK

• Strong observability: metrics, tracing, logs, and SLOs

• Proficiency with Postgres

• Experience with vector databases for retrieval and semantic search (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone, Milvus)

• Experience orchestrating agentic workflows and retrieval augmented generation

• Hands-on use of AI tools with clear ideas for applying AI to development, testing, data, and support

• Ownership mentality and crisp communication; comfortable deciding with ~80% information

• Ability to move fast without breaking things and willingness to learn new stacks

• In-person in the San Francisco Bay Area; visa sponsorship/support available

Benefits

• Direct product and company impact with minimal bureaucracy

• High bar for craft, velocity, and pragmatic shipping

Logistics

• Location: In person, San Francisco Bay Area

• Visa support/sponsorship available