Staff Software Engineer
Staff Software Engineer builds scalable systems for autonomous buildings, owns end-to-end product features, improves core infrastructure, and turns AI into user experiences. Requires 6+ years coding experience, system design expertise, and onsite work 4-5 days/week in NYC.
About the job
Key Responsibilities
- Build systems that enable autonomous buildings to operate and communicate intelligently
- Work directly with our customers to develop and own new product features end-to-end from design to deployment
- Improve the scalability and reliability of our core infrastructure
- Propose and implement meaningful improvements to our architecture and design patterns
- Collaborate with product and design to turn AI capabilities into user-facing experiences
- Continuously ship new features and improvements in an environment deploying 100+ times per day
- Apply engineering best practices in testing, observability, and continuous integration
- Balance speed and quality while iterating quickly on production systems
Requirements
- Experience leading the design, delivery, and long-term ownership of multiple production-grade products
- Startup mindset with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and pragmatism in building and shipping software
- Ability to solve complex problems independently with minimal guidance
- Bias for action — you move quickly from idea to implementation
- Solid understanding of system design and scalable architecture principles
- 6+ years of coding experience
- Willingness to work in person at our office 4-5 days a week
Nice to Haves
- AWS experience
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $300,000 - $400,000
- Equity in the company
- Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%
- Fully paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- 401k benefits
- Fitness & home services stipend
- Unlimited vacation and paid holidays
- Relocation packages
Skills
System Design, Scalable Architecture, AWS, Testing, Observability, Continuous Integration, Production Systems, Ai Capabilities, Infrastructure, Architecture Design
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