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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