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

ZipRecruiter; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Exceptional benefits package

Flexible vacation & PTO

Employer-matched 401(k) plan

Job summary

ZipRecruiter in Santa Monica, CA, seeks a Staff/Senior Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team. You’ll drive end-to-end systems development and collaborate with product and decision science to shape user-facing features and AI workflows.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentorship, and measurable impact on job seekers and employers. Hybrid work is offered with US-based remote options.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals including OOP, data structures and algorithms.
• Track record of building user-facing products with measurable impact.
• Experience working with Product Managers to turn user problems into engineering solutions.
• Deep curiosity about the product you work on and the problems it solves.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Systems Engineering across data engineering, backend infra and full-stack integration.
• Cross-Functional Product Strategy with PM and Decision Science.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship to elevate the team and align execution.
• Impact Measurement using data-driven methods for user-facing features.
• AI Integration: frame ZipRecruiter in AI assistants with safe scale.

Skills

8+ years experience

CS fundamentals

User-facing products

PM collaboration

Curiosity about product

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Mathematics, CS, Physics or related field

Tools

ReactJS

TypeScript

AWS Glue

Apache Spark

Apache Iceberg

Job description

ZipRecruiter in Santa Monica, CA, seeks a Staff/Senior Software Engineer for the Job Seeker Apps team. You’ll drive end-to-end systems development and collaborate with product and decision science to shape user-facing features and AI workflows.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentorship, and measurable impact on job seekers and employers. Hybrid work is offered with US-based remote options.