Senior Staff Engineer, AI Talent Platform (Hybrid)

Eightfold.AI; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 187,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Equity options

Discretionary bonus

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Job summary

Eightfold.AI is seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead major roadmap items for our AI-powered Talent Management platform. You will own architecture and investments spanning multiple quarters, collaborating with product, design, AI, and platform teams to drive impactful improvements.

You will mentor senior engineers, write scalable code, and guide platform-level optimizations while staying current with AI trends.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in building and scaling user-facing SaaS products.
• Experience leading multi-quarter initiatives with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to write clean, scalable, and performant code.
• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Proficient in data storage platforms (SQL, NoSQL), distributed systems, and analytics.
• Experience with search platforms (Solr, Lucene) and AI platforms is preferred.
• Ability to weigh tradeoffs and make strong architectural decisions.
• Collaborate across functional and organizational boundaries; mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build the next generation of Talent Management software using cutting-edge technology (e.g., agentic experiences with LLMs).
• Architect and execute on platform-level improvements with a focus on quality, performance, design, and reusability.
• Define the roadmap for multi-quarter initiatives involving multiple cross functional teams.
• Write clean, scalable and performant code.
• Identify and advocate for improvements to the technical foundation and architecture.
• Prototype new ideas and collaborate to define the roadmap for production.
• Raise the bar for the team on technical designs and decisions.
• Mentor and coach lead engineers on the team.
• Work with engineering and product leadership on strategy and roadmap.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in AI-assisted product development.
• Handle enterprise customer escalation issues as needed.

Skills

Python

React

Distributed systems

Mentoring

SQL

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

MySQL

Solr

Lucene

Apache Airflow

Apache Spark

Docker

AWS (Aurora, S3, Redshift)

Job description

Eightfold.AI is seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead major roadmap items for our AI-powered Talent Management platform. You will own architecture and investments spanning multiple quarters, collaborating with product, design, AI, and platform teams to drive impactful improvements.

You will mentor senior engineers, write scalable code, and guide platform-level optimizations while staying current with AI trends.