Staff Software Engineer — AI-First, Distributed Systems Lead

Engine; United States; Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Annual bonuses or commissions

Hybrid-hub model

Job summary

Engine is an AI-native platform for intelligent business travel, serving thousands of customers and nearly 2 million travelers. The company has been recognized as a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators and fosters a culture of exponential growth, full ownership, and high-caliber colleagues.

Engine offers a hybrid-hub model for flexibility and equity for all employees. Some roles include annual bonuses or commissions, with benefits detailed at engine.com/culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience building highly available, high-performance distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, Kotlin, React, and AWS.
• Strong understanding of Domain-Driven Design and agentic tooling for codebase structuring.

Responsibilities

• Drive system design and implement innovative APIs for the AI-powered travel platform.
• Use agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor) to embed AI-first workflows into daily development.
• Lead efforts to ensure software quality, scalability, and robustness across distributed systems.

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

Kotlin

React

AWS

Job description

Engine is an AI-native platform for intelligent business travel, serving thousands of customers and nearly 2 million travelers. The company has been recognized as a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators and fosters a culture of exponential growth, full ownership, and high-caliber colleagues.

Engine offers a hybrid-hub model for flexibility and equity for all employees. Some roles include annual bonuses or commissions, with benefits detailed at engine.com/culture.