15h ago

Staff Software Engineer

San Mateo, CA

$200k-$250k / yearest.

full-timeleadai-ml

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead the design and implementation of core backend systems for AI infrastructure. You will own critical systems end-to-end while mentoring a growing team. This is a hands-on role at a seed-stage startup building the context infrastructure for autonomous agents.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Own design and implementation of core backend/platform systems.
  • Lead architecture discussions and make pragmatic tradeoffs.
  • Manage and mentor a small group of engineers.
  • Break down complex problems into clear milestones.

📋 Requirements

  • Strong experience as a senior or staff-level engineer in production systems.
  • Prior experience leading engineers, formally or informally.
  • Comfort owning systems end-to-end: design → build → deploy → operate.
  • Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, backend services, APIs, and data flows.

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience in early-stage startups.
  • Background in data infrastructure, ML platforms, or cloud-native systems.
  • Experience scaling systems or teams from small to reliable at scale.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🏖️ Unlimited PTO (typical for startups)
  • 🏥 Health insurance (typical for full-time roles)
  • 💻 Remote flexibility (onsite preference, but likely hybrid allowed)
  • 📈 Equity (seed-stage startup standard)
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