Senior Staff Engineer — Enterprise AI Platform

Speedrun Talent Network; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Life Insurance

Retirement plan (e.g., 401K)

Parental Leave

Fertility and family-building benefits

Wellness stipend

Daily lunches in the office

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

Decagon is seeking a senior technical leader to guide a full-stack product engineering team responsible for building and evolving the AI agent platform. You will collaborate with the Agent Software Engineering and Agent PM teams to define scalable technical strategy and architecture across customer workflows.

You will also mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and steer initiatives from requirements to shipped features, balancing technical excellence with rapid iteration and customer

Qualifications

• 6+ years building full-stack software products with impact on technical direction
• Strong expertise in TypeScript and/or Python, with architecture and system design skills
• Proven ability to design abstractions and platforms that serve diverse use cases elegantly
• Track record of leading technical initiatives and driving consensus across teams
• Experience balancing technical excellence with rapid iteration and customer needs
• Strong product intuition and history of translating user feedback into technical solutions
• History of mentoring engineers and establishing technical standards

Responsibilities

• Drive technical direction for the team, to build enterprise ready platform that scale with our customer base and features, by applying the right architectural principles and design patterns
• Lead complex initiatives from ambiguous requirements to shipped products
• Create AI-powered tools that enable non-technical teams to create and manage sophisticated workflows without writing code
• Build monitoring and analytics that surface actionable insights, helping customers identify where their agents can improve
• Partner directly with customers and cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and validate product direction
• Mentor engineers and elevate team practices through code review, technical design, and knowledge sharing

Skills

Full-stack development

TypeScript

Python

System design

Product thinking

Mentoring

Job description

Decagon is seeking a senior technical leader to guide a full-stack product engineering team responsible for building and evolving the AI agent platform. You will collaborate with the Agent Software Engineering and Agent PM teams to define scalable technical strategy and architecture across customer workflows.

You will also mentor engineers, participate in design reviews, and steer initiatives from requirements to shipped features, balancing technical excellence with rapid iteration and customer