How you'll make an impactAs a Senior/Staff Engineer at sunbeam, you'll provide technical leadership across the product while remaining deeply hands-on.
You'll partner closely with the CTO to shape system architecture, guide execution, and raise the quality bar across the engineering organization. This is not a people-management role; you'll lead through design decisions, code quality, and consistent delivery of scalable systems.
In this role, you will:- Act as the technical lead for day-to-day engineering execution across the team
- Partner with the CTO to organize, prioritize, and sequence engineering work
- Design and evolve core system architecture, guiding implementation decisions
- Review pull requests and set standards for code quality, reliability, and maintainability
- Identify technical risks early and propose pragmatic, scalable solutions
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance, feedback, and example
- Improve engineering workflows to increase speed without sacrificing quality
- Work primarily across backend systems, data pipelines, and AI-enabled services, using Python, TypeScript, and C#, deployed on Google Cloud
Minimum Qualifications- Significant experience building and operating production software systems
- Strong engineering judgment and comfort with making architectural tradeoffs
- Experience owning systems end-to-end, from design through long-term maintenance
- Ability to lead through influence, code, and technical decision-making rather than people management
Preferred Qualifications- Experience in a Staff or Senior Engineer role at a high-growth company
- Background in building distributed systems or complex backend platforms
- Familiarity with AI-enabled or data-intensive systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- A consistently high bar for code quality, reliability, and technical excellence
Position Location This role is based in San Francisco and requires in-person collaboration five (5) days per week. We offer paid relocation for candidates outside the San Francisco Bay Area.
Compensation The base salary range for this role is $180,000-$280,000 depending on experience, along with meaningful equity.
What you'll love- Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with HSA and FSA options, plus One Medical, Talkspace, and Teladoc
- Commuter benefit includes a monthly reimbursement to support your commute to the office
- Meals on us include lunch reimbursement on in-office days, with dinner covered when you're working late
- Personal well-being includes an annual stipend for gym, fitness classes, therapy, and wellness expenses
- Learning and development includes an annual stipend for books, courses, and classes to support your growth
- Team retreats include two company retreats per year to connect, collaborate, and reset
- Monthly team time includes regular dinners and outings to spend time together
- Dog-friendly office (we have corgis)
