Staff Software Engineer - Growth & AI-Driven Systems

EarnIn; Mountain View (WY); Hybrid; USD 252,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

EarnIn seeks experienced Staff Engineers to join our Growth engineering team. This hybrid role requires in-person work from our Mountain View HQ 2 days a week and focuses on the member acquisition and onboarding experience. The base salary range is $252,000–$308,000, with equity and benefits.

You will design and implement features, mentor engineers, and collaborate across backend, mobile, and web. AI-native workflows and robust microservice integrations are part of daily practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years delivering software value in a collaborative environment.
• Experience with distributed architectures and trade-offs.
• Proficient in C# and Kotlin; ability to work with multiple languages.
• Familiarity with clean architecture and data storage (relational and document databases).
• Experience with AI-native development workflows and tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features; break down problems into essential design and write maintainable code.
• Mentor senior engineers and participate in code/design reviews.
• Design and deliver robust microservice integrations via REST/gRPC APIs.
• Contribute to technical direction, roadmaps, and risk management; communicate across teams.
• Estimate and manage team timelines and risks.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate design and debugging across the stack.
• Contribute to hiring and onboarding of new engineers.

Skills

Distributed systems

C# programming

Kotlin programming

REST/gRPC

Mentoring

Communication

Cross-stack work

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Equivalent industry experience

MS/PhD (optional)

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

ChatGPT

CI/CD

Job description

EarnIn seeks experienced Staff Engineers to join our Growth engineering team. This hybrid role requires in-person work from our Mountain View HQ 2 days a week and focuses on the member acquisition and onboarding experience. The base salary range is $252,000–$308,000, with equity and benefits.

You will design and implement features, mentor engineers, and collaborate across backend, mobile, and web. AI-native workflows and robust microservice integrations are part of daily practice.