Senior Software Engineer — AI CAD Backend & ML Systems

Hestus, Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity options

Health insurance

Catered lunch

Unlimited PTO

Professional growth

Job summary

Hestus, Inc. in San Mateo, CA is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to own end-to-end architecture of core systems and ML-powered CAD tooling.

You will partner with founders to translate vague goals into technical roadmaps, raise the engineering bar, and scale backend services with Django/Flask, Python, and SQL, while shipping production ML models. Join a small, scrappy team that values autonomy, collaboration, and impact, with competitive compensation, equity options, and strong

Qualifications

• 7+ years building and shipping production software.
• Deep proficiency in Python and backend services (Django/Flask/SQL).
• Hands-on experience deploying machine learning models in production.
• Track record of owning systems end-to-end and making architectural tradeoffs with limited direction.
• Comfort with ambiguity and raising the technical bar of teams you work with.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, architecture, and delivery of core systems end-to-end: from ambiguous problems to shipped, maintained products.
• Partner with founders to turn fuzzy goals into technical roadmaps, and drive them to ship.
• Set and raise the engineering bar: code review, testing standards, and architectural direction across the codebase.
• Lead the design and productionization of the machine learning systems behind our AI-powered CAD.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve defects: from everyday bugs to systemic issues in performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Build on and improve our engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, observability) as the team and product grow.
• Help shape our engineering culture and team as we grow.

Skills

Python

Backend design

System architecture

Machine learning in production

Communication

CS fundamentals

Tools

Django

Flask

SQL

AWS

DevOps

Job description

Hestus, Inc. in San Mateo, CA is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to own end-to-end architecture of core systems and ML-powered CAD tooling.

You will partner with founders to translate vague goals into technical roadmaps, raise the engineering bar, and scale backend services with Django/Flask, Python, and SQL, while shipping production ML models. Join a small, scrappy team that values autonomy, collaboration, and impact, with competitive compensation, equity options, and strong