Staff Software Engineer - Modeling Platform (AI-Native)

CaptivateIQ; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible time off

Annual stipends

Work anniversary bonuses

401(k) retirement plan

Apple hardware

Job summary

CaptivateIQ is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own the Modeling Platform framework and SDK surface, collaborating with the SmartGrid team on the computation engine. You will shape multi-year strategy, guide API/SDK design, and drive cross-team alignment while remaining hands-on across backend and frontend components.

You will mentor engineers toward senior impact, establish architectural standards, and help scale a self-service platform as CaptivateIQ expands its AI-native

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering with progression into staff-level leadership.
• Strong Python fundamentals and production experience in Django or similar frameworks.
• Experience owning a platform or framework used by multiple teams.
• Proven ability to set multi-year technical strategy for a platform.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of the modeling platform's framework and SDK layer.
• Evolve the platform framework, SDK, and interfaces for self-service use.
• Make platform-level tradeoffs between framework and product responsibilities.
• Operate with high ownership, drive decisions, and align stakeholders.
• Set multi-year technical strategy with leadership for the modeling platform.
• Drive alignment across teams to support the platform roadmap.
• Remain hands-on as backend-primary fullstack engineer across APIs, SDKs, and frontend.
• Grow engineers: mentoring, coaching, and setting performance standards.

Skills

8+ years experience

Python fundamentals

Django/web frameworks

Platform ownership

Staff-level leadership

Mentoring engineers

Technical roadmap

Backend engineering

Tools

Django

Job description

CaptivateIQ is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own the Modeling Platform framework and SDK surface, collaborating with the SmartGrid team on the computation engine. You will shape multi-year strategy, guide API/SDK design, and drive cross-team alignment while remaining hands-on across backend and frontend components.

You will mentor engineers toward senior impact, establish architectural standards, and help scale a self-service platform as CaptivateIQ expands its AI-native