Senior Software Engineer

CommodityAI; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Meaningful early-stage equity

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

High-trust, low-bureaucracy environment

Job summary

CommodityAI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build core systems and develop AI workflows as part of their tech team in San Francisco. You will work directly with company founders on scaling infrastructure to handle billions in transactions.

The ideal candidate has over 6 years of software engineering experience, with hands-on experience in AI, and will contribute to delivering end-to-end software solutions. This role offers a competitive salary and meaningful equity in a rapidly growing company.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Experience building and deploying LLM or agent-based systems.
• Strong technical judgment balancing execution speed and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, scale, and maintain the backend APIs and data pipelines.
• Architect systems that process chaotic real-world documents.
• Deliver end-to-end features across the technology stack.
• Collaborate with customers to translate problems into software.

Skills

Software engineering

AI/LLM production experience

React

TypeScript

Python

Go

Node

Job description

What We Do & What We Are Doing Now

CommodityAI is building the operating system for the global commodities industry—the foundational sector responsible for moving the world's energy, metals, and agricultural resources.

Today, our platform actively manages billions of dollars of commercial contracts.

Behind every physical trade and shipment lies an incredibly complex layer of manual operations, with critical data trapped in unstructured emails, PDFs, and legacy software. CommodityAI serves as a digital operator that continuously interprets trade data, reconciles physical movements, and flags operational risks in real time.

We are a Y Combinator-backed company (W24) supported by top-tier investors, including Rebel Fund and the founders of YouTube and Reddit. We are currently scaling our engineering team in San Francisco to expand our platform's capabilities, handle rapidly growing transaction volumes, and deepen our intelligent automation workflows.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own core technical pillars of our operating system, working directly with the founders to scale our infrastructure and AI capabilities.

• Build Core Systems: Design, scale, and maintain the backend APIs and data pipelines that process billions of dollars in transaction value.
• Deploy Production AI/LLM Workflows: Architect agentic systems, structured extraction pipelines, and evaluation frameworks that turn chaotic, real-world documents into deterministic data.
• Full-Stack Execution: Work across our stack (React, TypeScript, Python, Go, Node) to deliver end-to-end features, from robust data orchestration to clean frontend user workflows.
• Own Product Outcomes: Collaborate with customers and the founding team to understand complex logistical problems and translate them into reliable, production-ready software.

Who You Are

We are looking for a senior- or staff-level engineer with a strong track record in fast-paced startup environments who prefers context over control and operates with a high degree of agency.

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally as an early technical leader or core contributor at a high-growth startup.
• Hands-on experience with production AI: You have built and deployed LLM- or agent-based systems in real-world settings (specifically addressing structured outputs, retrieval, or orchestration).
• Strong technical judgment: You understand how to make pragmatic trade-offs between execution speed, system reliability, and long-term technical debt.
• End-to-end ownership: You take pride in owning projects from initial architecture through to implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Location: Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for regular in-person collaboration.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Meaningful early-stage equity
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• A high-trust, low-bureaucracy environment where you have a direct seat at the table