Staff Software Engineer - Code Authoring
Core
Architect and own the production infrastructure for AI code authoring tools, including coding agents, remote development environments, and CI/CD validation systems.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Backend Infrastructure & AI Tooling)
Builds
AI coding harnesses, remote development environments, agent sandboxes, and pre-push validation pipelines.
Domain
Developer tooling, AI/LLM infrastructure, Cloud-native backend systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed backend architecture, Developer tooling ownership, LLM and coding agent integration, Production SLA management, Cost optimization, Technical mentorship
Preferred skills
Kotlin, Python, Multi-cloud experience
Technologies
Kotlin, Java, Python, AWS, OCI, React, TypeScript, MySQL, CockroachDB, Linear, GitHub, Claude, Cursor
Responsibilities
Design the architecture for systems running coding agents and remote environments; Own the end-to-end developer workflow from ticket to merge; Run production infrastructure with monitoring and uptime accountability; Optimize costs for agent runs and development environments; Set quality standards for code written by humans and agents; Mentor engineers across the organization.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope