Staff Software Engineer, Thoughtful AI

• Deep experience building complex, interactive UIs using React, Vue, or Angular
• Strong grasp of state management patterns and reactive paradigms (e.g. refs, signals, RxJS, or similar)
• Proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript, with clean, maintainable component architecture
• Familiarity with frontend performance profiling, accessibility, and design system integration
• Comfortable working with designers and PMs to turn wireframes and mockups into polished interfaces
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript, with experience across modern backend frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Next.js, Express)
• Skilled in API design, including versioning, pagination, and error modeling
• Solid understanding of authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth, JWT, etc.)
• Experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB) databases, including schema design, indexing strategies, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with AWS and infrastructure concepts like CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and cloud deployments
• Invested in setting up logging, monitoring, and alerting from day one
• Builds with testability in mind - unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end test frameworks

Desirable

• We're looking for an Exceptional Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack to join our Core Platform Engineering team
• As a Staff Engineer, you’ll be a technical anchor across the stack - shaping everything from scalable backend services to responsive, intuitive frontends
• You’ll lead by example, building systems that are reliable, maintainable, and thoughtfully engineered for scale - avoiding premature complexity while leaving room for growth
• Your work will directly support both internal teams and customer-facing products
• Lead End-to-End Builds: Own projects across the full development lifecycle - from greenfield prototypes to scaling out mature systems. You’ll take loosely defined problems and return well-architected, production-ready solutions
• Design for Clarity and Change: Build backend services and user interfaces that are modular, testable, and ready to evolve. You prioritize simplicity, knowing where abstraction helps - and where it just adds noise
• Design for growth without overengineering. You’ll apply best practices in schema design, API modeling, and state management with a clear sense of tradeoffs and long-term maintainability
• Collaborate Closely: Partner with product, design, and other stakeholders to understand real-world needs and shape the right technical solutions. You'll operate autonomously but never in isolation
• Bring curiosity and humility. We’re a senior team that shares learnings freely and pushes each other to do our best work