Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform)

ABOUT THE ROLE

You'll build the software backbone powering autonomous manufacturing operations for an early-stage AI supply chain startup. As a Senior or Staff Software Engineer on the Platform team, you'll design scalable backend services, data pipelines, and integrations that coordinate AI-powered agents and high-stakes transactions across complex supply chain workflows, directly enabling physical goods to move reliably through manufacturing systems.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Design and scale backend services using Next.js API routes, background jobs, and serverless functions to handle high-throughput order processing.

- Build and productionize LLM-based agents, AI/ML infrastructure, and RAG patterns for intelligent quote analysis and supplier recommendations.

- Own the data layer by designing PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and complex queries for materials, quotes, orders, and supplier relationships.

- Architect event-driven systems with reliable pipelines for order state management, notification triggers, and cross-system synchronization.

- Implement caching and rate limiting strategies to ensure reliable external API calls at scale.

- Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability patterns, and own incident response for backend systems.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- 5+ years building backend services, data pipelines, or platform infrastructure in production environments.

- Strong CS fundamentals and experience designing systems with transactional guarantees (ACID semantics, exactly-once processing) and idempotent APIs.

- Experience building NLP/ML pipelines for data extraction from unstructured documents, including OCR and information extraction.

- Experience designing and scaling PostgreSQL or relational database schemas, migrations, and complex queries for transactional workloads.

- Experience building event-driven systems, message queues, or reliable data pipelines for state management and cross-system synchronization.

- Experience integrating with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar) and third-party APIs, including legacy or poorly documented interfaces.

- Professional experience in manufacturing supply chain, procurement, or logistics domains.

- Familiarity with Next.js API routes or serverless architectures for high-throughput workloads is a plus.

- Experience with managed PostgreSQL platforms, RAG patterns, or productionizing LLM-based agents in backend systems is a plus.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Salary range: $160,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Equity included. Visa sponsorship is available.

LOCATION

This is a fully remote role open to candidates based in the United States, with San Francisco, California as the primary anchor location.