We build AI-native. In our model, humans own judgment and agents own the mechanical middle. Engineers write the specification and set the acceptance criteria. Agents (Claude Code, Kiro) write a growing share of the implementation, author tests, and resolve code-review comments. Engineers direct, validate, and own what ships, and still hand-write the novel, ambiguous, and infrastructure-heavy work where models fall short.
Key job responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end design, implementation, and delivery of software systems spanning multiple features, working across the full software lifecycle from customer requirements through deployment and ongoing maintenance.
Own your team's architectural direction by defining technical strategy, evaluating tradeoffs in scalability, maintainability, performance, and security, and ensuring the software fits cohesively into the broader system landscape.
Collaborate with engineers on related teams to resolve cross-team dependencies, create alignment on technical approaches, and drive adoption of engineering best practices that improve code quality and development velocity.
Mentor and coach multiple engineers by providing guidance on system design, coding practices, and career development, while actively contributing exemplary code that demonstrates best practices in organization, clarity, and error handling.
Identify opportunities to simplify existing systems, reduce technical debt, and leverage generative artificial intelligence tools where appropriate to augment productivity, while evaluating and refining outputs to ensure quality and responsible use.
A day in the life
You start your morning reviewing design documents and providing feedback to engineers on your team who are building new features. By mid-morning, you are deep in code, working through a complex system integration that requires careful attention to performance and extensibility. After lunch, you join a cross-team architecture review where you advocate for a technical approach that balances short-term delivery needs with long-term maintainability. Later, you pair with a teammate to debug a production issue, walking through runbooks and telemetry data to identify root cause and prevent recurrence.
About the team
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5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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USA, CA, Mountain View - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
