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Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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  • 6+ years

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$180,000 - 240,000/ year

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Description

The company is the marketing operations system of work that helps marketers and creatives move from idea to execution faster. Our platform orchestrates across martech stacks, workflows, and people to automate marketing execution, cutting execution time, so marketers focus on the work only humans can do: shaping brands, understanding customers, and creating the work that moves people.

We move with urgency, operate with ownership, and solve hard problems from first principles. If you want to do ambitious work, take real responsibility, and help define the future of AI-native content operations, you’ll do your best work here.

Responsibilities

  • The company is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Backend to take on some of the largest, most complex and ambiguous technical problems across our product. You’ll own critical systems from loosely defined problem through architecture and production, building the backend foundations that enable the company to deliver increasingly powerful AI-driven workflows.
  • This is a highly hands-on IC role. You’ll write production code, make consequential architectural decisions and create clarity where the path forward is not obvious. You’ll work closely with engineering, product and design to turn ambitious ideas into reliable systems while raising the technical bar across the engineering team.
  • What You’ll Own
  • Lead large, complex technical projects from ambiguous problem definition through architecture, implementation and production
  • Architect and build backend systems that power AI-driven workflows, including real-time inference, tool orchestration and long-running processes
  • Drive technical direction for critical systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, performance and long-term maintainability
  • Turn loosely defined product and technical problems into clear plans, making pragmatic decisions and driving execution without requiring a predefined path
  • Build new systems from 0→1 while evolving existing architecture as our product, customers and engineering organization scale
  • Establish patterns and abstractions that simplify complex systems and make the broader engineering team more effective
  • Partner closely with product and design to shape solutions, identify technical opportunities and make thoughtful tradeoffs
  • Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, architecture, code reviews and mentorship while remaining deeply involved in implementation
  • Own systems end to end, including testing, deployment, observability, reliability and ongoing operation in production
  • What We Need
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant experience building and operating backend systems
  • Proven ability to independently lead large, technically complex projects in fast-moving or ambiguous environments
  • Deep technical expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, algorithms and system design
  • Track record of taking products or systems from 0→1 and making sound architectural decisions with incomplete information
  • Ability to break down vague, high-variance problems into clear technical approaches and drive them through execution
  • Strong product judgment and the ability to balance technical quality, speed and customer impact
  • Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, performance and maintainability in production
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions and align engineers and cross-functional partners
  • High ownership mindset with a willingness to work across boundaries and own both the problem and the solution

Requirements

  • Experience building products or infrastructure involving AI/ML systems, LLMs or agentic workflows
  • Experience in high-growth or early-stage startups where technical scope and priorities change quickly
  • Proficiency with TypeScript or similar languages
  • The salary range for this position is $180,000 – $240,000 annually . Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications.

Benefits

  • Performance-based annual bonus
  • Meaningful equity awards
  • Medical, dental & vision (fully covered for employees with 75% for dependents)
  • Fertility & family-planning support
  • 401k plan
  • Unlimited PTO
  • A beautiful Seattle office with a gym, sauna, and bike parking
  • Free lunch three days a week in our HQ
  • A front-row seat to building category-defining AI infrastructure
  • You'll thrive here if you
  • Learn quickly, actively seek out new challenges, and regularly reconsider “how it’s always been done.”
  • Want to have real impact with zero bureaucracy.
  • Have an innate drive for being 1% better than the day before, building towards greatness.
  • Embrace AI as a core tool for problem-solving, innovation, and scale.
  • Show customer-obsession (internal or external), high ownership/accountability, and bias for action.
  • Communicate clearly, directly, with curiosity, and assuming good intentions.
  • Thrive in fast-paced, hyper-growth environments where building better > maintaining status quo.
  • AI Literacy & Interviewing Tools
  • As an AI-first company, we prioritize AI literacy as a core competency in our hiring decisions. We’re excited by candidates who thoughtfully apply AI tools in their work, but during interviews we’re focused on you. This is your opportunity to show how you think, communicate, and solve problems. Over-reliance on AI-generated responses during the interview process (especially when it obscures your own voice) will result in disqualification. We want to understand your unique perspective and how you approach challenges, both with and without AI.
  • The company is dedicated to creating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued and all team members can grow. We offer competitive compensation, equity, flexible work hours, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative culture focused on learning and impact.

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Office in Seattle, United States

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  • Found in the last 48 hours, before the big job boardsModerate evidence
  • Specific about the basics: pay, place, level, stack and contract all statedSlight evidence
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  • In its Early Window: not on the big job boards yetStrong evidence
  • Asks for 8+ years: a narrow poolModerate evidence
  • In the office in Seattle: only people nearby can take itSlight evidence

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  • TypeScript
  • LLMs
Seniority
Staff
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Full-time
Equity
Equity offered
Industry
SaaS
Specialty
Backend
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Development
Specialty
Backend
Seniority
Staff
Experience
8+ years
Tech stack
  • TypeScript
  • LLMs

Location

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Office
Region
United States
Office
  • Seattle, United States

Compensation

Salary
$180,000 - 240,000 / year
Pay period
Annual
Equity
Equity offered

Employment

Type
Full-time

Company

Industry
SaaS

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