Staff Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Software Engineer

• Focus: Scalable backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and financial-market workflows in an AI-first fintech

• Collaboration: Work closely with engineering leadership/CTO to shape technical direction

• Work arrangement: 4 days per week onsite (San Francisco)

Description

You will take ownership of critical systems and help bring complex ideas from initial design through production and scale. The team uses an AI-first approach to development with coding agents and AI-assisted workflows to move quickly without compromising quality. You will influence architecture, build core products and infrastructure, and establish/improve engineering practices across the team.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and financial-market workflows

• Own ambiguous challenges end-to-end: concept → development → deployment → iteration

• Use AI coding agents and advanced dev tools to accelerate engineering while maintaining code quality and reliability

• Partner with the CTO on technical direction, architecture, and engineering priorities

• Build and scale core products and infrastructure supporting a growing platform

• Help establish and improve engineering practices within a small engineering team

Requirements

• Strong experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, platform engineering, data infrastructure, or full-stack architecture

• Exceptional systems thinking, architectural judgment, and problem-solving skills

• Track record of personally building and shipping significant production products/platforms

• Experience in fast-paced environments emphasizing ownership, autonomy, and accountability

• Advanced hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or autonomous/parallel coding agents

• Ability to effectively direct, review, validate, and integrate AI-generated code

• Python and/or TypeScript experience is relevant (not strictly required)

• Plus: experience with financial data, payments, transaction systems, AI agents, or early-stage startups

Benefits

• Base salary: $250,000–$400,000

• Meaningful equity participation