Staff Software Engineer – AI-Driven Job Seeker Apps

ZipRecruiter; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Exceptional benefits

Flexible vacation

401(k) match

Job summary

ZipRecruiter is hiring a Staff/Senior Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team in New York, NY. This hybrid role supports engineering leadership, driving end-to-end development across job seeker profiles and AI experiences within the marketplace.

You will collaborate with Product and Decision Science to shape user-facing features and AI-driven workflows, mentoring engineers and delivering high-impact solutions.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Systems Engineering across data engineering, backend, and full-stack integration.
• Cross-Functional collaboration with Product Management and Decision Science.
• Technical leadership and mentorship to uplift engineering teams.
• Design and implement data-driven methods to measure feature impact.
• Architect AI integrations; ensure safe, scalable execution.

Skills

Software development

CS fundamentals

Product-driven engineering

Problem solving

Curiosity about product

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Math/Physics

Tools

ReactJS

TypeScript

AWS Glue

Apache Iceberg/Delta Lake

Apache Spark/Flink

Job description

ZipRecruiter is hiring a Staff/Senior Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team in New York, NY. This hybrid role supports engineering leadership, driving end-to-end development across job seeker profiles and AI experiences within the marketplace.

You will collaborate with Product and Decision Science to shape user-facing features and AI-driven workflows, mentoring engineers and delivering high-impact solutions.