Staff Software Engineer leads technical direction, owns critical systems, mentors engineers, and ships customer-facing products at a fast-growing AI startup. Requires 4+ years experience in startups, strong leadership, and expertise in web tech or AI integrations.
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About the role
Responsibilities
Lead technical direction: set architecture, reliability, and performance standards; make trade-offs explicit; keep the bar high.
Build & mentor a team: hire great engineers, level them up, and create a high-trust, high-feedback culture.
Work directly with customers: translate messy, high-leverage problems into shippable work; measure outcomes.
Own critical systems end-to-end.
Partner across SF & Dublin: tight loops with product/design/GTM; share context and push decisions over the line.
Requirements
At least 4 years of engineering experience, ideally at a startup (Series A to C), where you've helped ship complex, customer-facing products.
Strong technical leadership, including experience mentoring other engineers, leading technical decisions, or architecting significant product areas.
Deep expertise in modern web technologies, product architecture, or AI integrations.
Nice-to-Haves
Experience working on notable or challenging projects.
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