Staff Software Engineer

Beautiful.ai; Poland; Remote; PLN 728,000 - 911,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading presentation software company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to take on a hands-on coding role while providing technical leadership and mentoring. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience, a strong analytical mindset, and excellent communication skills. The role offers competitive compensation and benefits in a remote work environment.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Flexible Time-Off

Equity Compensation

Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering.
• Proven track record of delivering high impact product features.
• Strong product and analytical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Write code and build systems as part of daily work.
• Provide technical leadership and maintain engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers and guide their technical development.

Skills

Software Engineering

Technical Leadership

Mentoring

Collaboration

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Overview

Our mission: to make it easy for anyone to make beautiful presentations, in minutes.

About Beautiful.ai

Beautiful.ai is changing the way the world presents by building fast, foolproof tools that enable anyone to tell visual stories that win. The Beautiful.ai team is a playful, driven, and passionate group of pet-lovers, video-gamers, and pickleball enthusiasts. With a globally-distributed remote team and a San Francisco-based office, we find unique opportunities to get to know each other personally, while delivering on our goals. Data-driven decision making and an outcomes-focused mindset are core to our way of working.

Today, Beautiful.ai equips 100,000+ happy paying customers, from start-ups to multinational Fortune 500 corporations, with a leading presentation software solution. Companies like SAP, HP, Rakuten, LIV Golf and more trust Beautiful.ai to tell their stories. We are a Series B company and have raised capital from prominent investors including Shasta Ventures, Trinity Ventures and First Round Capital and are led by our CTO/Founder, Mitch Grasso, who is a second-time founder in the presentation space.

About the role

What you'll do:

• This is a hands-on role! You will be writing code and building systems as a major part of your day-to-day work.
• Provide technical leadership within the team, driving best practices and ensuring that high engineering standards are maintained across the product.
• Mentor and guide senior and junior engineers, helping them grow their technical expertise and ensuring effective knowledge sharing within the team. Play a key role in developing the team’s technical capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and other engineering teams, to shape the direction of new features and improvements.
• Own complex technical challenges, from troubleshooting and debugging to optimizing performance and improving the architecture of core components.
• Define and implement technical strategies for improving the overall product, such as optimizing front-end performance and reliability, improving code quality, or enhancing the CI/CD pipeline.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents during on-call rotations, ensuring minimal downtime and fast recovery.

What we expect from you

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). A Master’s degree is a plus.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering, with a product development focus.
• Proven track record of delivering high impact product features from product definition and planning through execution to successful completion.
• Strong product and analytical thinking, with the ability to collaborate closely with product partners to evaluate tradeoffs, assess technical feasibility, and guide decision-making through clear pros/cons analysis grounded in technical complexity, effort, and impact.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to take on a role of a thought leader for the team and influence technical decisions throughout the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with organizational leadership to help shape engineering strategy, influence resourcing decisions, and contribute to effective team design.
• Bay Area candidates preferred, or open to occasional travel as needed.
• Flexible Time-Off & Remote Work
• Health Insurance – 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees; 60–65% coverage for dependents.
• Savings Accounts – Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options available.
• Equity Compensation – Competitive equity package with a 4-year vesting schedule.
• Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance – Coverage provided where applicable.
• Parental Leave – Inclusive leave for birthing and non-birthing parents; policies vary by state.
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO) – Paid day off to support a nonprofit or community cause.

We are happy to share the set target salary range for the seniority level outlined in all of our job descriptions. Candidates should keep in mind that the final offer will depend on multiple factors such as: your valuable experience and expertise, geographic location, overall compensation, and prevailing market rates.

$200,000 - $250,000 USD

Beautiful.ai is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, age, mental or physical disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law.

Recruitment policy

Beautiful.ai does not accept any agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our employees or email aliases. Beautiful.ai is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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