Staff Software Engineer - Product

Avoca AI

$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6 - 10 years of full-stack engineering experience, or exceptional new grads with relevant projects/internships.
  • Deep understanding of AI, LLMs, or AI-assisted systems; eagerness to learn if not fully versed.
  • Outcome-driven mindset focused on impact rather than just feature delivery.
  • Strong collaboration skills across engineering and customer-facing teams.
  • Demonstrates resilience and energy in a fast-paced environment.
  • Preference for candidates with startup, hacker, or founder backgrounds.
  • Willingness to work in-person in NYC full time.

Responsibilities

  • Define technical architecture and oversee the delivery of complex initiatives.
  • Drive alignment between product and engineering teams to create scalable solutions.
  • Establish and maintain high engineering standards in all areas, including code quality and reliability.
  • Collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and GTM leaders to define roadmap and strategy.
  • Mentor engineers and elevate team performance through code review and systems thinking.
  • Proactively identify and address systemic issues before they escalate.

Benefits

  • Work within a category-defining company targeting a massive market opportunity.
  • Join a fast-moving and collaborative team culture aimed at builders and innovators.
  • Experience an environment that encourages speed, iteration, and impact.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're looking for a Staff Product Engineer to operate at the highest technical level, setting direction, solving our hardest problems, and raising the bar across the entire engineering org. You'll own the most consequential systems and initiatives end-to-end while shaping how we build, scale, and ship as a company. This is a role for someone who leads through technical excellence and drives outsized impact across teams.

What You'll Do
  • Define technical architecture and own end-to-end delivery of our most complex, high-stakes initiatives
  • Drive product and engineering alignment, translating ambiguous customer problems into clear, scalable technical solutions
  • Establish and uphold engineering standards across code quality, testing, monitoring, and reliability
  • Partner directly with Product, Customer Success, and GTM leadership to shape roadmap priorities and engineering strategy
  • Serve as a technical force multiplier, elevating the output of engineers around you through mentorship, code review, and systems thinking
  • Identify and resolve systemic bottlenecks before they become company-wide problems


What You'll Bring
  • 6 - 10 years of full-stack engineering experience (we also welcome exceptional new grads with meaningful projects or internships).
  • Deep familiarity with AI, LLMs, or AI-assisted systems or a willingness to learn fast.
  • Outcome-driven mindset: you measure success in impact, not just shipped features.
  • Comfortable collaborating across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams.
  • Low ego, high energy, resilient in a fast-paced environment.
  • Bonus: prior startup, hacker, or founder experience.
  • Eagerness to work in person with us in NYC full time.


At Avoca, you'll be part of a team that's building a category-defining company at the center of a massive market opportunity. We're a fast-moving, collaborative team with a culture designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and impact.

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