Senior Member of Technical Staff

Wintermeyer Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Wintermeyer Ventures is seeking an experienced backend-focused engineer to lead AI infrastructure initiatives from architecture through production, delivering reliable systems for enterprise customers.

You will design and build agent infrastructure (sandboxes, LLM gateways, routing, evaluations, memory, observability) and own projects end-to-end while mentoring a small engineering team. Visa sponsorship is available.

Qualifications

• Five to ten years of software engineering experience, with hands-on backend or full-stack development.
• Experience owning and shipping 0-to-1 initiatives at a startup or large technology company.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript, including Next.js.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker.
• Professional or founder experience building with AI agents, LLMs, or agent infrastructure.
• Experience with agent architecture, including sandboxing, observability, evaluations, or benchmarking.
• At least one year leading or managing a small engineering team, while remaining active in technical work.
• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.

Responsibilities

• Design and build agent infrastructure, including sandboxes, LLM gateways and routing, evaluations, memory, and observability.
• Build backend systems for enterprise deployments, including in regulated industries.
• Own projects end-to-end, from technical design and architecture decisions through production.
• Set technical direction, mentor engineers, and help grow the engineering team.
• Work directly with customers to resolve deployment challenges.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Kubernetes

Docker

LLMs

Agent infra

Leadership

Next.js

Sandboxing

Observability

Evaluations

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Tools

Next.js

Job description

Join an AI infrastructure team building core primitives for production AI agents. You will lead backend-focused projects from architecture through deployment, helping deliver reliable systems for enterprise customers.

What You'll Do

• Design and build agent infrastructure, including sandboxes, LLM gateways and routing, evaluations, memory, and observability.
• Build backend systems for enterprise deployments, including in regulated industries.
• Own projects end-to-end, from technical design and architecture decisions through production.
• Set technical direction, mentor engineers, and help grow the engineering team.
• Work directly with customers to resolve deployment challenges.

What We're Looking For

• Five to ten years of software engineering experience, with hands-on backend or full-stack development.
• Experience owning and shipping 0-to-1 initiatives at a startup or large technology company.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript, including Next.js.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker.
• Professional or founder experience building with AI agents, LLMs, or agent infrastructure.
• Experience with agent architecture, including sandboxing, observability, evaluations, or benchmarking.
• At least one year leading or managing a small engineering team, while remaining active in technical work.
• A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.

Base salary: $225,000 to $320,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.