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Staff Software Engineer

200k – 350kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringOnsite8+ YOE
Summary

Staff engineer owns architecture for AI agents, real-time voice, integrations, and workflows at scale. Defines technical strategy, solves high-impact problems across the stack, and mentors the team. Requires 8+ years building complex systems.

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Own architecture across critical systems (AI agents, real-time voice, integrations, workflows)
  • Define technical strategy that enables speed today and scale tomorrow
  • Solve high-leverage problems across the stack—performance, reliability, correctness
  • Partner closely with product and leadership to shape long-term direction
  • Uplevel the entire engineering team through design reviews, mentorship, and standards

What You’ll Bring

  • 8+ years of experience building and scaling complex systems
  • Strong track record of solving ambiguous, high-impact technical problems
  • Deep understanding of system design, tradeoffs, and scalability
  • Ability to balance long-term architecture with short-term execution
  • High standards for quality, but pragmatic about speed
Skills
system designAI agentsreal-time voiceintegrationsworkflowsscalabilityperformance optimizationreliability engineering
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