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Staff Software Engineer Investors (AI)

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Staff Software Engineer role leading technical direction for complex distributed systems, focused on scalability, reliability, cross-team architectural alignment, and safe adoption of AI tools. Requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, expertise in distributed systems, Python/Django/React/Postgres, JVM languages, gRPC, and AWS, plus a track record of high-level technical leadership and mentoring. The company is a product company hiring onsite in the US with a salary range of $240K-$300K.

About the Role
You will lead long-term technical direction for complex distributed systems and break ambiguous problems into clear paths forward. You will improve scalability and reliability across multiple systems, align teams on major technical decisions, set operational standards, mentor senior engineers, and establish safe, effective ways to use AI tools.
Requirements
•Expertise in building distributed systems
•Experience with Python, Django, React, and Postgres
•Ability to guide technical direction across JVM languages, gRPC, and AWS cloud-native infrastructure
•Experience leading through influence and constructive communication
•Ability to anticipate future roadblocks and build for long-term growth
•10+ years of professional software engineering experience
•Track record of high-level technical leadership
Responsibilities
•Navigate and break down complex, poorly defined problems
•Identify and eliminate failure patterns across multiple systems
•Drive architectural changes that improve scalability and reliability
•Align multiple teams on major technical decisions
•Define safe and effective practices for using AI tools
•Set the vision for operational excellence
•Mentor senior engineers
Benefits
•Equity for full-time roles

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