Staff Engineer, Revenue Cycle — AI-Driven Backend

Socket.dev; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Holiday schedule

Free therapy coverage

Medical/Dental/Vision

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k) match

Company gathering

Holiday shutdown

Life/AD&D

Commuter benefits

Job summary

SonderMind is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to own end-to-end features across backend services, AI pipelines, and front-end work. You will help shape a microservices architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and QA in a fast-paced, AI-driven environment.

You’ll design scalable services in Ruby on Rails, TypeScript/Node, and Python, optimize data queries, and lead complex projects with a focus on quality, performance, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building web services or full-stack applications.
• Strong hands-on experience in Ruby/Rails, TypeScript/Node, Python.
• Deep understanding of APIs, PostgreSQL, and some performance tuning.
• Proven ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term technical investments and continuous improvement of quality.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where requirements evolve over time.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
• Some knowledge of AI/ML is desired but not a requirement
• Experience with LLMs or AI-driven toolchain (Langchain/Langgraph) is highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable Ruby/Rails, TypeScript/Node, and Python services and RESTful or gRPC APIs that integrate with agentic GenAI systems.
• Optimize MongoDB and PostgreSQL queries and service performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional squads to define requirements and deliver features.
• Work on AI Agents, MCP servers and various other AI enabled tools and frameworks and adapt to evolving technologies.
• Identify and drive process, architecture, and toolchain improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers (code reviews, pair-programming, etc).
• Serve as a technical lead for complex projects balancing scope, risk, and quality

Skills

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript/Node

Python

APIs

PostgreSQL

Performance tuning

Mentoring

Tools

Langchain

Langgraph

Job description

SonderMind is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to own end-to-end features across backend services, AI pipelines, and front-end work. You will help shape a microservices architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and QA in a fast-paced, AI-driven environment.

You’ll design scalable services in Ruby on Rails, TypeScript/Node, and Python, optimize data queries, and lead complex projects with a focus on quality, performance, and maintainability.