Sr. Software Development Engineer

Worky; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Worky in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a senior software leader to design and build core platform capabilities, from high-throughput data pipelines to AI-powered insights and agentic automation. You will own products through the full lifecycle, shipping new features and triaging critical production issues while ensuring operational health.

You will provide technical leadership on architecture, engineering standards, and technology choices, partnering with product and design to ensure what we build

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building production-grade full-stack and backend services.
• Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka and Flink.
• Experience building AI-powered products including LLM integration and NLP pipelines.
• Hands-on with cloud-native stack: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.
• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL databases at scale.
• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Node.js

ReactJS

TypeScript

Java

Kafka

Flink

LLM integration

agentic workflows

NLP pipelines

intelligent automation

SQL

NoSQL

Microservices

System design

Scalability

Fault tolerance

Concurrency

Performance optimization

CI/CD

DevOps

Communication

Internationalization

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Description

The role will design and build core platform capabilities — from high-throughput data pipelines for business automation to AI-powered insights and agentic automation to the interfaces that put them in users’ hands. You own your products through the full lifecycle: shipping new features, triaging and resolving critical production issues, and ensuring operational health. You will provide technical leadership on architecture, engineering standards, and technology choices, and partner closely with product and design to ensure what we build actually moves the needle.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years building and scaling production-grade full-stack and backend services using Node.js, ReactJS, TypeScript, and Java.
• Experience with Kafka and Flink for event-driven architectures, real-time stream processing, and distributed systems.
• Experience building AI-powered products, including LLM integration, agentic workflows, NLP pipelines, and intelligent automation.
• Hands-on with cloud-native stack: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.
• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL databases at scale.
• BS in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices, system design, scalability, fault tolerance, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Solid CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end product features with a product-owner mindset and focus on user/business outcomes.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clean, scalable technical designs.
• Strong communicator who collaborates naturally across engineering, product, and stakeholders.
• Passion for quality, attention to detail and internationalization.