Principal Platform Engineer — Systems & Scale

Retell AI

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 240,000 - 300,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance
$70/day DoorDash credit
$200/month wellness reimbursement
$300/month commuter reimbursement
$75/month phone bill reimbursement
$50/month internet reimbursement

Job summary

A cutting-edge voice AI startup in San Francisco is seeking a Principal/Staff Engineer to own the technical direction of the core platform. The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering and product teams to lead complex initiatives. Responsibilities include designing systems architecture and ensuring scalability and performance. Candidates should have over 9 years of production systems experience and thrive in fast-paced environments. Competitive compensation and benefits included.

Qualifications

  • 9+ years of experience building and operating production systems.
  • Experience at Staff or Principal level.
  • Strong in systems design and reasoning about tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and evolution of core platform and systems architecture.
  • Lead complex technical initiatives end-to-end.
  • Partner closely with product to translate business needs into solutions.

Skills

Systems design
Distributed systems
Voice AI
Real-time systems
APIs at scale

Job description

A cutting-edge voice AI startup in San Francisco is seeking a Principal/Staff Engineer to own the technical direction of the core platform. The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering and product teams to lead complex initiatives. Responsibilities include designing systems architecture and ensuring scalability and performance. Candidates should have over 9 years of production systems experience and thrive in fast-paced environments. Competitive compensation and benefits included.
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