Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Platform

ABOUT THE ROLE Join the Platform team at an early-stage AI and manufacturing supply chain company. You will build the backend services, data pipelines, and integrations that support AI-powered agents and reliable movement of goods through complex manufacturing workflows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and scale backend services using Next.js API routes, background jobs, and serverless functions for high-throughput order processing. - Build and productionize LLM-based agents, AI/ML infrastructure, and RAG patterns for quote analysis and supplier recommendations. - Design PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and complex queries for materials, quotes, orders, and supplier relationships. - Build event-driven pipelines for order state management, notifications, and synchronization across systems. - Implement caching, rate limiting, and reliability patterns for external API integrations. - Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability practices, and own backend incident response. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 5 years of production experience building backend services, data pipelines, or platform infrastructure. - Recent hands-on experience with web and AI product development, including Next.js, TypeScript, and agentic frameworks. - Experience building NLP or ML pipelines to extract information from unstructured documents, including OCR. - Strong experience with transactional guarantees, ACID semantics, exactly-once processing, and idempotent APIs. - Experience scaling PostgreSQL or other relational databases, and building event-driven systems or reliable data pipelines. - Experience integrating ERP systems and third-party APIs, including legacy or poorly documented interfaces. - Background in manufacturing supply chain, procurement, or logistics, with strong computer science fundamentals. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Annual salary range: $160,000 to $250,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION Remote. Primary location: San Francisco, California, United States.