Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Platform

About the Role

Join the Platform team at an early-stage AI and manufacturing supply chain company. You will build the backend services, data pipelines, and integrations that support AI-powered agents and reliable movement of goods through complex manufacturing workflows.

What You'll Do

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

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

• Design PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and complex queries for materials, quotes, orders, and supplier relationships.

• Build event-driven pipelines for order state management, notifications, and synchronization across systems.

• Implement caching, rate limiting, and reliability patterns for external API integrations.

• Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability practices, and own backend incident response.

What We're Looking For

• At least 5 years of production experience building backend services, data pipelines, or platform infrastructure.

• Recent hands-on experience with web and AI product development, including Next.js, TypeScript, and agentic frameworks.

• Experience building NLP or ML pipelines to extract information from unstructured documents, including OCR.

• Strong experience with transactional guarantees, ACID semantics, exactly-once processing, and idempotent APIs.

• Experience scaling PostgreSQL or other relational databases, and building event-driven systems or reliable data pipelines.

• Experience integrating ERP systems and third-party APIs, including legacy or poorly documented interfaces.

• Background in manufacturing supply chain, procurement, or logistics, with strong computer science fundamentals.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual salary range: $160,000 to $250,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Remote. Primary location: San Francisco, California, United States.