Software Development Engineer (Fullstack)

AI Fund

$190K — $220K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software development experience with a strong backend/full-stack engineering background.
  • Fluency with agentic coding tools like Claude Code or Codex, with experience in effective specification and context management.
  • Expertise in backend development, particularly in Python and/or Node.js along with modern frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Express.js, and Next.js.
  • Strong software architecture skills, with experience in distributed systems and cloud applications.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
  • Proficient in database technologies including SQL and NoSQL, as well as data streaming solutions.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the team's agentic coding practices by establishing development patterns and methodologies.
  • Define and own architecture for AI-powered applications, ensuring they are scalable and secure.
  • Design, develop, and deploy backend infrastructure and AI services focused on performance and reliability.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to align technical solutions with business objectives.
  • Drive innovation by setting technical best practices and mentoring other engineers.
  • Enhance the developer experience through internal tooling and optimized workflows.
  • Build secure, high-throughput data pipelines to facilitate AI model training and deployment.

Benefits

  • Stock Awards - Share in company success through equity grants.
  • Comprehensive Healthcare - Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Wellness Stipend - Support for health and well-being, including fitness and self-care programs.
  • Lifelong Learning - An education stipend to support your continuous growth.
Full Job Description


Key Responsibilities

  • Being a driving force for the team's agentic coding practice - establishing patterns for spec-driven development, context engineering, and multi-agent orchestration that compound team output.
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  • Owning and defining architecture for AI-powered applications and services, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability across teams.
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  • Designing, developing, and deploying backend infrastructure and AI services with a focus on high availability, performance, and reliability.
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  • Leading cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with Machine Learning Engineers, Product Managers, and other teams to align technical solutions with business needs.
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  • Driving innovation by making strategic technical decisions, setting best practices, and mentoring engineers to elevate the team's technical bar.
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  • Improving developer experience by building internal tooling, streamlining workflows, and optimizing deployment pipelines.
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  • Ensuring seamless data flow, building high-throughput, secure, and scalable data pipelines to support AI model training and deployment.
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  • Championing best practices in software engineering, ensuring high-quality code, rigorous testing, and well-documented design decisions.
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Required Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong backend / full-stack engineering background.
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  • Fluency with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex or equivalent). Experience writing effective specs, managing repo context, and reviewing/verifying agent output.
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  • Expertise in backend development, with proficiency in Python and/or Node.js and modern web frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Express.js, Next.js
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  • Strong software architecture skills, with experience designing and scaling distributed systems and cloud-based applications.
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  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
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  • Database expertise, including SQL, NoSQL, and data streaming solutions.
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  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
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  • Proficiency in software engineering best practices, including code reviews, unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, and system design.
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  • Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team-wide technical direction.
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  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical challenges into business impact.
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  • Proven track record of leading fullstack projects, from early prototypes to production systems.
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Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with Stripe, subscription management.
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  • Exposure to computer vision, LLMs, or multimodal AI applications.
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  • Experience with developer-facing products and building intuitive APIs.
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$190 - $220 a year

  • Stock Awards - We want you to share in our success with equity grants.
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  • Comprehensive Healthcare - Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.*
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  • Wellness Stipend - Support for your health and well-being, whether it's fitness programs or self-care.*
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  • Lifelong Learning - An education stipend to help you grow and keep learning.
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*Benefits may vary based on your country of employment.

This role is onsite at our Mountain View HQ, with the expectation to work from the office on a daily basis. As we are a global team, the position also requires flexibility to collaborate across international time zones.

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