Staff Software Engineer Full Time NEW

AI startup building a platform that helps construction teams search, compare, and select materials by consolidating specs, pricing, and vendor data from fragmented sources

Job Duties

• Own the most complex cross-team technical problems across data models, service boundaries, performance, and security, especially where there is no clear ownership
• Shape technical strategy by translating business goals into engineering direction and constraints
• Stay hands-on by writing code, owning critical systems, and driving execution end to end
• Define and scale AI-augmented development practices using tools like Claude Code and CodeRabbit, ensuring high-quality output
• Lead long-term architectural decisions and guide system evolution as the company scales
• Set and enforce a high quality bar through testing, code review, and direct validation of critical systems
• Mentor and elevate engineering leads by influencing how they approach architecture and system design
• Partner with engineering leadership and product to challenge assumptions and improve solutions
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, workflows, and playbooks that scale across the organization

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full stack engineering experience with a track record of building and scaling production systems
• Experience operating at Staff level or above with strong ownership across ambiguous, cross-functional problems
• Systems thinker with deep understanding of how data models, APIs, and architecture interact
• Strong experience using AI tools in development with clear opinions on their impact at scale
• Proven ability to improve the performance and thinking of other engineers, especially senior and lead levels
• Comfortable working in undefined, fast-moving environments and driving clarity from ambiguity
• Strong product and business mindset with a focus on building impactful, scalable solutions
• Experience shaping technical direction at a high-growth startup preferred
• Track record of leading large-scale architectural decisions or migrations across teams