Staff Software Engineer
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The 20-second read
- Experience
- 10+ years required
- Where you can live
- US, Europe only
- Skills and tools
- javascript, java, aws, ci/cd
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Job details
- Where you can work
- United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Romania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey
- Employment type
- Not stated by the employer
- Advertised pay
- Not stated by the employer
- Experience
- 10+ years required
- Employer publication date
- 13 May 2026
- First recorded by Psst
- 12 October 2026
- Last checked at the source
- 10 November 2026
About the job
About the company
At the company , we build and orchestrate AI agents that ship real work - code, research, operations, and more. What started as developer tooling is becoming a platform where people and agents collaborate across knowledge work tasks.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our engineering team. This is a critical role for an experienced, hands-on technical leader with a broad and deep skillset across multiple languages such as JavaScript and JVM-based (Java/Kotlin) and strong experience building and scaling distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS or Google Cloud.
As a Staff Engineer, you will help drive the technical direction of aspects of our platform, setting high standards for system design, code quality, best practices and architectural clarity. You will collaborate across product and engineering to simplify complexity, improve reliability, and make deliberate trade-offs that empower our teams to move fast without sacrificing maintainability.
This is a unique opportunity to join an early-stage company led by serial entrepreneur Andrew Filev (founder of a unicorn startup), and shape a product that is redefining how software is built.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a technical thought leader, setting a high bar for engineering quality.
- Be hands-on, writing code for new features, prototyping, refactoring existing code to meet best practices, etc.
- Lead design discussions and architecture reviews for high-impact projects.
- Collaborate with product, design, and research teams to define and evolve user-facing functionality with real developer impact.
- Evaluate trade-offs thoughtfully across performance, scalability, complexity, and cost and advocate for clear, maintainable solutions.
- Guide and mentor other engineers, helping them grow while raising the overall technical maturity of the team.
- Influence engineering culture, driving best practices in testing, observability, security, and cloud design.
Essential Qualifications
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10+ years of experience in software engineering covering multiple large-scale, production-grade systems.
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Expert in at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, JVM-based (Java/Kotlin).
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Experience building and scaling distributed systems with reliability and performance in mind. This should cover both compute and data layers and include best practices on the observability of such systems.
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Strong background in cloud architecture and infrastructure design in AWS or Google Cloud environments.
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Demonstrated ability to simplify complex systems and reduce unnecessary technical debt while balancing the need to move fast to compete.
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Strong communication skills with a track record of aligning stakeholders, leading cross-functional efforts, and influencing without authority.
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A deep shift‑left mindset throughout the entire SDLC, with early integration of security, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
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Deep familiarity with AI assistants, a solid grasp of the evolving AI landscape, and the ability to translate trends and capabilities into practical product improvements.
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Curiosity, pragmatism, and a willingness to challenge assumptions.
- Experience or a strong interest in building collaborative, real-time systems is beneficial.
Why Join the company?
- Shape the Future of Software Creation: We’re not just improving how developers write code — we’re redefining how ideas turn into reality. By closing the gap between concept and execution, we’re creating tools that will influence every industry that relies on software.
- Massive Impact, Real Ownership: At the company, you’ll have full visibility into how your work moves the product and the company forward. You’ll ship features that matter, see the immediate impact of your decisions, and get feedback directly from users — fast.
- ICs Are the Core: Individual Contributors are the highest-status role at the company. Our culture celebrates those who lead by doing — who create momentum, inspire others, and turn ideas into shipped products.
- High-Caliber Team & Founder: Work alongside exceptional AI and software engineers, and learn directly from Andrew Filev, founder of a unicorn startup, who brings deep expertise in scaling world-class technology companies.
- Global & Flexible: We hire talent, not coordinates. Work from wherever you’re happiest and most productive — as long as you bring the energy, focus, and results.
- Aligned Incentives: Our equity plan ensures that when we succeed, you succeed. Your impact compounds as the company grows.
The company is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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