Staff Software Engineer - Job Seeker Apps (Hybrid/Remote)

ZipRecruiter; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Exceptional benefits package

Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off

Employer-matched 401(k)

Job summary

ZipRecruiter in Miami, FL is seeking a highly autonomous Staff Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team. You’ll drive end-to-end systems, collaborate with product and Decision Science, and influence the roadmap for user-facing job-seeker experiences.

You’ll mentor engineers, lead cross-functional initiatives, and architect AI-enabled workflows across mobile, web, and backend services to help millions of job seekers connect with opportunities.

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 translate user problems into engineering solutions.
• Curiosity about the product and problems it solves.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Systems Engineering across data engineering, backend, and full-stack.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Decision Science to shape the roadmap.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team.
• Measure the impact of new user-facing features using data-driven methods.
• Architect AI integrations and guardrails for safe, scalable deployments.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Data structures

Algorithms

Product collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics or related field

Tools

ReactJS

TypeScript

AWS Glue

Apache Spark

Apache Flink

Iceberg / Delta Lake

Job description

ZipRecruiter in Miami, FL is seeking a highly autonomous Staff Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team. You’ll drive end-to-end systems, collaborate with product and Decision Science, and influence the roadmap for user-facing job-seeker experiences.

You’ll mentor engineers, lead cross-functional initiatives, and architect AI-enabled workflows across mobile, web, and backend services to help millions of job seekers connect with opportunities.