Member of Technical Staff - Senior Software Engineer (San Francisco, CA)

Tutor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-Covered Health Insurance

401(k)

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Federal Holidays Off

Accrued Paid Time Off

Premium Pay on Federal Holidays

In-Office Meals

Team Social Events

Job summary

Tutor is seeking a Lead Software Architect to design and own core systems, guiding architecture across backend, data, ML infrastructure, internal tools, and customer-facing systems. You will collaborate with robotics, hardware, and operations teams to deliver scalable platforms.

You will drive technical direction, manage tradeoffs, mentor engineers, and communicate clearly across teams. The role requires broad production software experience and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• Requires strong programming ability and experience building and evolving complex production software systems across backend, infrastructure, and application layers.
• Candidates should be comfortable with ambiguity, making pragmatic architectural tradeoffs, communicating clearly, and leading technical discussions to align teams.

Skills

Software Architecture

Technical Leadership

Backend Development

System Design

Cloud Infrastructure

Data Pipelines

Containers

CI/CD

Developer Tooling

Machine Learning Infrastructure

Python

Tools

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Lead the design and implementation of core software systems, owning architecture and setting technical direction for scalable, reliable platforms. Work across backend services, data and ML infrastructure, internal tools, and customer-facing systems, collaborating with robotics, hardware, and operations teams.

Requirements

Requires strong programming ability and experience building and evolving complex production software systems across backend, infrastructure, and application layers. Candidates should be comfortable with ambiguity, making pragmatic architectural tradeoffs, communicating clearly, and leading technical discussions to align teams.

Key Skills

• Software Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• Backend Development
• Infrastructure
• Application Development
• Production Software Systems
• System Design
• Scalable Platforms
• Reliable Systems
• Machine Learning Infrastructure
• Data Pipelines
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Containers
• CI/CD
• Developer Tooling
• Python

Benefits

• Employer-Covered Health Insurance
• 401(k)
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Federal Holidays Off
• Accrued Paid Time Off
• Premium Pay on Federal Holidays
• In-Office Meals
• Team Social Events