Senior Staff Software Engineer - AI-Driven Job Seeker Apps (Remote)

ZipRecruiter; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Excellent benefits

Flexible vacation & PTO

Employer-matched 401(k)

Job summary

ZipRecruiter in Seattle, WA is hiring a Staff/Senior Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team. You will drive end-to-end systems across data and backend, collaborating with Product and Decision Science to ship AI-driven features.

You’ll mentor engineers, partner with PMs to translate user problems into scalable solutions, and help shape the logged-in experience for job seekers. Hybrid work is available with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals including OOP, data structures, and algorithms.
• Track record of building user-facing products with measurable impact.
• Experience partnering with Product Managers to solve user problems.
• Deep curiosity about the product and problems it solves.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Systems Engineering across data, backend, and full-stack integration.
• Partner with Product Management and Decision Science to shape product direction.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team.
• Design data-driven methods to measure feature success.
• Architect AI integration in how ZipRecruiter is presented in AI assistants.

Skills

8+ years experience

CS fundamentals

Product collaboration

Mentorship

Education

BS/MS/PhD in STEM

Tools

ReactJS/TypeScript

Job description

ZipRecruiter in Seattle, WA is hiring a Staff/Senior Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team. You will drive end-to-end systems across data and backend, collaborating with Product and Decision Science to ship AI-driven features.

You’ll mentor engineers, partner with PMs to translate user problems into scalable solutions, and help shape the logged-in experience for job seekers. Hybrid work is available with competitive compensation and benefits.