Staff Software Engineer: Greenfield AI Platform Lead

Quona Capital; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Moove AV is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own the architecture of a core system for an autonomous mobility platform. This greenfield project leverages GenAI, LLMs, and real-time visual intelligence.

You will start hands-on, then assume long-term technical ownership and mentorship as the platform grows. You will join a team building high‑end AI-driven software for autonomous vehicle operations, collaborating with cross-time‑zone teams and customers to accelerate outcomes and reduce

Qualifications

• Bachelors in CS/SE/CE or related field.
• 8+ years of experience building cloud-native backend or platform systems.
• Proven experience delivering greenfield products or internal platforms from scratch.
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems on modern cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines, including AI/LLM components.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into production-ready systems.
• Strong fundamentals in design, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Comfort operating in high-ownership, low-process, early-stage environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, resilient distributed systems and services, translating requirements into architecture.
• Write high-quality, production-grade code and participate in code and design reviews.
• Own systems end-to-end: design, deployment, monitoring, and on-call support; build observability and design for failure.
• Deliver features on time and within budget in an agile environment.
• Collaborate with cross-time-zone teams and stakeholders to translate business problems into technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers, raise the engineering bar through reviews and readiness."
• Guide junior engineers with hands-on coaching and architecture reviews.

Skills

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Greenfield projects

Code reviews

LLMs/GenAI

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/SE/CE)

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Moove AV is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own the architecture of a core system for an autonomous mobility platform. This greenfield project leverages GenAI, LLMs, and real-time visual intelligence.

You will start hands-on, then assume long-term technical ownership and mentorship as the platform grows. You will join a team building high‑end AI-driven software for autonomous vehicle operations, collaborating with cross-time‑zone teams and customers to accelerate outcomes and reduce