Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The company is a health-tech startup using AI to support users through everyday mental health and life challenges. The Staff Software Engineer will shape system design and technical direction while building robust, production-ready AI-enabled software, including scalable backend systems, APIs, and services.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve backend systems that scale with real users, high traffic, and real world constraints
- Shape technical direction by proposing architectures, abstractions, and service boundaries that create long term leverage
- Take loosely defined problems and turn them into clear, testable solutions through iteration and experimentation
- Build and refine APIs and services that support complex workflows and data-driven products
- Work across system boundaries when needed from infrastructure and reliability to developer experience and product flows
- Set a high bar for engineering quality through hands-on contribution, review, and technical leadership
Skills
- Extensive experience building and operating production software systems
- Strong backend engineering skills, with Python as a primary language
- Proven experience designing APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) and service-oriented architectures
- Background working with distributed systems and cloud platforms (GCP or similar)
- Confidence designing systems that handle concurrency, scale, and operational reliability
- Sound engineering judgment around testing strategies, performance trade-offs, and system resilience
- Experience influencing technical decisions beyond your immediate scope or team
- Comfort working in environments where requirements evolve and solutions emerge through discovery
Benefits
- Equity
- Flexible working arrangements
- Generous time off policy
- Dedicated budget for learning, development, and technical growth
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