Staff Software Engineer — AI Pathology Platform

PathAI; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

PathAI is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Boston to lead AISight platform development. You’ll own critical architecture, drive technical strategy across teams, and remain hands-on on the most demanding code paths.

You will set engineering standards and collaborate with ML, infra, and regulatory teams to ensure reliability and data integrity. You will mentor engineers, influence product direction, and communicate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders while navigating a regulated

Qualifications

• 8+ years in full lifecycle software development, with senior/lead experience.
• Track record of architecting and shipping large-scale production systems.
• Deep expertise in at least one area and working proficiency in the other (backend/frontend).
• Hands-on experience building and operating systems on a cloud platform (AWS preferred).
• Excellent communication and collaboration across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of major platform areas and drive technical strategy aligned with the product roadmap.
• Lead design and delivery of cross-team initiatives from ambiguity to production.
• Remain hands-on, writing production code for critical components.
• Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, security, and performance.
• Collaborate with product, design, ML, infra, QA, and regulatory teams to ensure compliant, reliable software.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and shape hiring/onboarding.
• Represent engineering in discussions with customers, partners, and stakeholders.

Skills

8+ years experience

Architecting systems

Communication

Leadership

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Python

Django or FastAPI

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitLab CI

Job description

PathAI is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Boston to lead AISight platform development. You’ll own critical architecture, drive technical strategy across teams, and remain hands-on on the most demanding code paths.

You will set engineering standards and collaborate with ML, infra, and regulatory teams to ensure reliability and data integrity. You will mentor engineers, influence product direction, and communicate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders while navigating a regulated