As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor on a cross-functional team, building the foundation of our AI-first platform. You’ll take ownership of major features and services, drive meaningful improvements to our architecture, and collaborate closely with product, design, and AI teams to deliver high-impact outcomes for our customers.
What You’ll Do
Contribute to key architectural decisions and support a large scale re-imagining of our Site Generation and Site Builder Experience
Design and build cloud-native APIs, services, and front-end experiences used across our platform to support building Websites
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered workflows to Site Building experiences
Write clean, testable, scalable code across the stack
What We’re Looking For
Passion for building in an AI-augmented environment
Familiarity with modern AI tools; experience developing AI-driven solutions is a plus (Claude Code is a must)
5+ years of professional experience in full-stack engineering (leaning backend), ideally having supported a product from MVP to scale in rapid iterations
Strong skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and React
Experience with scalable microservice architecture (AWS preferred)
Solid command of GraphQL, event-driven systems (Kafka/SQS), and distributed databases
Track record of delivering high-quality features in rapid prototyping environments and integrating with feedback quickly
While you will have Product and Design partners, we value strong communicators and collaborators; able to work with limited product and design guidance, and operate independently in chasing well defined outcomes
Customer-first mindset with the ability to empathize with internal and external stakeholder needs
Tech Stack
Frontend: React, Tailwind, Apollo, SingleSPA
Backend: Node.js, TypeScript (microservices), Python ETLs
AI: LangChain, LangFuse, OpenRouter, Mastra, Claude Code
Data: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Lambda
Messaging: Kafka, SQS
Top Skills
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