Staff Engineer

Medium; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 200,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI technology company is seeking a Staff Engineer in Chicago to architect and develop innovative software solutions. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of engineering experience, strong proficiency in Golang, React, and Kubernetes, along with mentorship capabilities. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including remote work options.

Benefits

100% Company paid Health/Dental/Vision benefits

Life Insurance

Unlimited PTO

Qualifications

• 7+ years of extensive engineering experience.
• Proficiency in coding using functional or imperative programming languages.
• Hands-on experience with front-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop software for critical operations.
• Develop new user-facing features.
• Collaborate with design and product teams.

Skills

Software architecture

Golang

React

Typescript

Kubernetes

Mentorship

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Overview

About Pryon: We’re a team of AI, technology, and language experts whose DNA lives in Alexa, Siri, Watson, and virtually every human language technology product on the market. We’re building an industry-leading knowledge management and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) platform. Our proprietary natural language processing capabilities transform unstructured data into meaningful experiences that increase productivity with accuracy and speed.

As a Staff Engineer, your primary responsibilities will encompass the design, architectural planning, and coding of a groundbreaking new initiative within our product engineering domain on a front-end facing team. You will lead the technical strategy and execution for extensive and intricate requirements, applying forward-thinking and insightful methods that impact the entire engineering function and address large, multifaceted challenges.

Your role will extend to establishing a visionary direction for the strategic advancement of methodologies, techniques, and evaluation criteria. You will advise and guide the team spearheading this new initiative, delegating responsibilities to seasoned technical leaders to ensure its success.

You will proactively identify and rectify communication gaps and issues, promote alignment on complex matters among diverse audiences, and influence organizational goals and strategies. A crucial aspect of your role will be becoming a trusted coach and mentor, actively nurturing new leadership talent within Pryon by providing continuous feedback and guidance.

In This Role, You Will

• Architect, design, and develop software that enables Pryon’s customers to manage critical operations that impact the sustainability and efficiency of their business
• Develop new user-facing features
• Collaborate with design and product teams to build products, tools, and solutions, and ensure the user experience meets release criteria
• Troubleshoot and problem-solve across platform
• Recommend and maintain technical design methodologies, processes and standards
• Set technical direction for the squad, oversee development to ensure quality and timely delivery, mentor and guide the team, and manage technical risks
• Participate on cross-functional design teams to develop expertise in other modules/systems

What You\'ll Need to Be Successful

• A minimum of 7 years of extensive engineering experience
• Proficiency in coding using functional or imperative programming languages, such as Golang
• Proficiency in front-end engineering, including hands-on experience with React and Typescript
• Demonstrated track record of contributing to and leading the successful delivery of impactful product features across all phases of development, from initial research and UX design to prototyping, testing, and development
• Proven experience in taking ownership of technical architecture discussions and guiding critical technical decisions for an engineering organization
• Experience with distributed systems deployed in Kubernetes (K8S)
• Ability to produce clear, testable code with a focus on long-term maintainability
• Exceptional collaboration and interpersonal skills, enabling effective teamwork and communication
• A "startup mentality" with previous experience in startup environments
• A Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of training, fellowships, or work experience
• Previous experience as a tech lead is required

Compensation

$200,000 - $215,000 a year

Actual cash compensation may vary depending on factors including, but not limited to, location and experience. The range listed is just one component of Pryon\'s compensation package.

Benefits for Full Time Employees

• Remote first organization
• 100% Company paid Health/Dental/Vision benefits for you and your dependents
• Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401k
• Unlimited PTO

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is authorized to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Pryon will not consider race, religion, sex, sexual preference, or national origin in ways that violate the Nation\'s civil rights laws.