# Staff Software Engineer, IQ

**Company:** [Jasper](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/jasper)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $221k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Data Ingestion, API Integrations, Salesforce, HubSpot, Authentication, Data Governance, LLMs, AI Agents, RAG, Context Windows, Security, Compliance, Scalability, Reliability
**Posted:** 2026-08-17

> Leads the technical vision for Jasper’s integration pod, architecting secure, scalable data-ingestion systems and IQ-layer context primitives that power AI experiences. Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, staff-level technical leadership, distributed-systems expertise, and familiarity with AI and external marketing platforms.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the technical vision and architecture for the integration pod, including connections to external systems such as Salesforce and HubSpot.
- Architect reliable, scalable, and maintainable data-ingestion and integration systems that account for API rate limits, authentication, security, compliance, and customer-specific requirements.
- Design and evolve IQ-layer context primitives powered by external data.
- Translate customer integration requirements into scalable solutions.
- Define project plans, drive major initiatives to completion, and guide architectural priorities.
- Research and propose architectural improvements, evaluate trade-offs, and align stakeholders.
- Contribute to engineering excellence and the broader organization’s technical vision.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with staff- or principal-level scope and influence.
- Experience leading major technical initiatives through completion and evaluating their real-world consequences and trade-offs.
- Deep expertise designing and building integrations and data-ingestion systems across multiple external platforms.
- Strong distributed-systems fundamentals, including reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Working knowledge of AI concepts including LLMs, agents, copilots, tokens, credits, context windows, RAG, and data governance.
- Experience building data foundations for LLM-based or AI-driven product experiences.
- Strong technical judgment, communication, ownership, and stakeholder-alignment skills.
- Familiarity with CRM and marketing platforms such as Salesforce and HubSpot.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: **$221,000–$260,000 USD**.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage from the first day for employees and families.
- 401(k) with up to 2% company matching.
- Equity grant participation.
- Flexible PTO.
- $900 annual Experience budget.
- $1,800 annual FlexWellness program.
- $1,500 home-office setup budget.
- $1,500 annual learning and development stipend.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

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