Staff Software Engineer, Sponsored Results

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of backend services, APIs, and model-serving systems that power Zocdoc’s Sponsored Results platform for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Optimize and unify data pipelines to support multiple modeling workflows, improving efficiency and consistency across SPO’s ML ecosystem.
• Collaborate closely with product, data science, and infrastructure teams to build seamless provider experiences and accelerate product innovation.
• Drive architectural direction and technical excellence through clear design documentation, code reviews, and hands-on implementation.
• Mentor engineers across the team, fostering strong engineering standards, and raising the technical bar for full-stack and backend development.
• Analyze complex product and system challenges, balancing immediate business impact with long-term platform scalability and maintainability.
• Work with cutting-edge GenAI tools and technology.

Requirements

• Proven track record of owning and scaling complex, user-facing platforms, balancing near-term delivery with a long-term technical vision.
• Deep expertise in backend system design — from APIs and data pipelines to understanding best practices on integrating with front-end architecture.
• Experience optimizing large-scale, data-driven systems (preferably in ML or advertising domains) with a focus on performance, reliability, and measurable business impact.
• Strong communication skills that bridge technical and non-technical audiences, aligning product, data science, user experience, and engineering priorities.
• Passion for mentoring engineers, driving best practices in testing, deployment, and maintainability, and elevating team-wide engineering quality.
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS) and distributed systems, applying modern DevOps and CI/CD principles.

Benefits

• Flexible, hybrid work environment at our convenient Soho location.
• Unlimited Vacation.
• 100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision).
• Commuter Benefits.
• 401(k) with employer funded match.
• Corporate wellness program with Wellhub.
• Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service).
• Competitive paid parental leave and fertility/family planning reimbursement.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Catered lunch everyday along with beverages and snacks.
• Employee Resource Groups and ZocClubs to promote shared community and belonging.
• Great Place to Work Certified.

NYC Base Salary Range: $180,000—$265,000 USD