Staff Software Engineer, Product

Lightfield; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Meaningful early equity

Health insurance (medical, dental, vis

3 weeks PTO

11 paid company holidays + winter halt

3 months paid family leave

Wednesdays work from home

Regular team events and retreats

401k plan

Commuter and lunch stipend

Job summary

Lightfield is seeking an experienced engineer to lead ambitious projects that turn complex business data and AI capabilities into powerful product experiences. You’ll work directly with customers, shape solutions, and take ownership from inception to impact.

You’ll help shape product direction, lead major engineering projects, and deliver exceptional results through hands-on leadership. The role emphasizes building reliable, scalable systems and mentoring the team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building and shipping software products with strong full-stack engineering skills.
• Proven technical leader who can independently scope, plan, and drive projects.
• Strong product judgment and ability to turn ambiguous customer problems into solutions.
• Rigorous, analytical thinker who uses data to evaluate solutions.
• Care deeply about engineering craft, with high standards for reliability and maintainability.
• Excited about LLMs and building intelligent systems and product experiences.
• Strong fundamentals developed through CS degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Understand problems with customers, founders, and cross-functional teams.
• Lead end-to-end projects from design to launch and iteration.
• Build AI-native products that turn business data into actionable insights.
• Develop reliable, high-performance systems with observability and metrics.
• Lead technical design discussions, mentor engineers, and drive code reviews.
• Help recruit and grow a world-class engineering team.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Technical leadership

Product judgment

Analytical thinking

Engineering craft

LLMs familiarity

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Node.js

Apollo GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

About Lightfield

Lightfield is reimagining CRM as a world model of a business. By learning from emails, meetings, and customer conversations, we’re building a living understanding of how a company works—so AI can help teams anticipate what comes next, make better decisions, and take action.

More than 5,000 companies have used the product since its November launch. We’ve raised more than $70M from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Maverick Ventures, and Greylock to attack the biggest software category in the world. We previously built Tome, which reached more than 25 million users, and our team brings experience from Llama, Instagram, Google, and Salesforce.

About the role

We're looking for an experienced engineer to lead ambitious projects that turn complex business data and emerging AI capabilities into powerful new product experiences.

At Lightfield, engineers lead product development. They work directly with customers, identify important problems, shape solutions, and take end-to-end ownership of projects from inception to impact.

You’ll help shape product direction, lead substantial engineering projects, and take responsibility for delivering exceptional results through hands‑on leadership.

What you’ll do

• Work with customers, founders, and cross‑functional teams to understand problems and identify opportunities.
• Lead substantial projects end‑to‑end, from product design and technical architecture through implementation, launch, and iteration.
• Build sophisticated AI‑native products that transform complex business data into actionable intelligence, helping customers discover opportunities, make better decisions, and automate workflows.
• Build reliable, high‑performance systems with strong observability, metrics, and operational practices.
• Lead technical design discussions, mentor other engineers, conduct thoughtful code reviews, and help establish engineering best practices.
• Help build a world‑class engineering team through recruiting and knowledge‑sharing.

Who you are

• You have 7+ years of experience building and shipping software products, with strong full‑stack engineering skills.
• You’re a proven technical leader who can independently scope, plan, and drive projects while bringing other engineers along.
• You have strong product judgment and can turn ambiguous customer problems into thoughtful, effective solutions.
• You’re a rigorous, analytical thinker who can break down complex problems, form hypotheses, and use data to evaluate solutions.
• You care deeply about engineering craft, with high standards for reliability, performance, maintainability, and product quality.
• You’re excited about LLMs and the opportunity to build new kinds of intelligent systems and product experiences.
• You have strong software engineering fundamentals, developed through a Computer Science degree, related education, or equivalent industry experience.
• You can ramp quickly on a stack that includes TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Apollo GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.
• You communicate clearly and can explain product and technical decisions to both technical and non‑technical teammates.
• You’re passionate about building products customers love and making Lightfield intuitive, intelligent, and indispensable.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful early equity
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• 3 weeks of PTO
• 11 paid company holidays + we enjoy a winter holiday break
• 3 months of paid family leave
• Wednesdays work from home
• Regular team dinners, events, offsites, and retreats
• 401k plan
• Other perks include: commuter and lunch stipend