Staff Software Engineer, Product

luminai; New York, California (NY, MO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Luminai seeks a Staff Software Engineer to design, implement, and lead core platform development for scalable AI automations in production. You will help define architecture and drive technical initiatives in a fast-growing environment.

We expect 8+ years of software engineering experience, a track record of shipping high-quality code, and hands-on work with distributed systems and modern stacks like Kafka and Kubernetes. Hybrid in SF or NY with in-office presence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, leading zero-to-one engineering projects.
• Proven track record of shipping high-quality code in challenging projects.
• Experience designing and implementing high-performance systems in production.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure stacks (Kafka, Kubernetes) and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core platform features used to deploy AI automations.
• Architect distributed systems to scale with demand and ensure reliability.
• Lead technical initiatives and set high quality foundations in the codebase.
• Define and scale experimentation, monitoring, reliability, and observability for production systems.
• Drive improvements to the Luminai IDE for end users.
• Champion performance engineering principles across the codebase.
• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver robust platform experiences.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

High performance computing

Problem solving

Cross-stack work

Education

MS/PhD in CS

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Job description

About Luminai

Healthcare operations have always depended on people to bridge the gaps that technology couldn't. It relies on complex manual work to carry out critical internal processes, yet most health systems don’t have enough resources to properly automate these tasks, leaving them stuck in outdated, labor-intensive SOPs.

Luminai structures the chaos, automates the manual handoffs, and deploys end-to-end workflows across every system, providing the integrated intelligence layer to improve processes over time. By delegating to autonomous AI systems those mission-critical workflows that previously expended valuable human time, Luminai allows doctors and administrators to do what they do best: Focus on Patients.

We've raised $60M in funding, including our recent Series B led by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India), with participation from healthcare-focused Define Ventures and continued support from General Catalyst and Y Combinator. We're backed by some of the best investors in Silicon Valley, including Kevin Weil (Chief Product Officer at OpenAI), Arash Ferdowsi (co-founder of Dropbox), Katie Stanton (former VP Global Media, Twitter), and CEOs of companies such as Flexport, Notion, Front, Ramp, and Twitch.

Our team is in-office 4 days a week (Monday - Friday, Wednesday optional WFH) in either San Francisco, California or New York, New York.

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a foundational role in designing, implementing and spearheading the core platform development. The platform is used by organizations worldwide to deploy and scale executable AI automations in mission critical production environments. As a senior member of the engineering team, you are expected to have a strong proficiency in fundamentals of software engineering and exceptional ability to drive technical projects in ambitious technical environments. You will help define, architect and improve key system foundations that allows the overall engineering team to execute effectively and deliver a stellar platform experience for users within a high growth team.

What You'll Do

• Languages and associated tooling (DSLs, parsers, compilers) for external and internal system abstractions

• Architecting and maintaining distributed computing environments.

• Simplify system bottlenecks and proactively re-architect foundational abstractions to support scale

• Lead core technical initiatives setting high quality foundations in the codebase

• Define and scale experimentation, monitoring, reliability, and observability concepts for production systems

• Drive improvements to the core Luminai IDE to deliver a stellar experience for end users

• Help champion high performance engineering foundations and practices across the codebase

What We’re Looking For

• A minimum of 8+ years of experience as a software engineer, that involves spearheading zero to one engineering projects

• Proven track record of shipping high-quality code in challenging projects

• Direct experience designing and implementing high performance systems in production, and an understanding of how to navigate key architectural trade-offs

• Prior experience or working familiarity with modern infrastructure stack (Kafka, Kubernetes etc.)

• Knowledge of parallel computing concepts and distributed systems

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and an ability to work across the stack

Bonus

• MS or PhD in CS from a top school or equivalent experience

• Knowledge or interest in compilers, interpreters and design of programming languages

• Prior experience managing (or otherwise leading) engineering teams