- Santa Monica, California, United States +1 more
- Hybrid
- Full-time · Senior
- $195K–$255K per year
- 8+ years
Lead end-to-end systems engineering for ZipRecruiter’s Job Seeker Apps, driving AI integration, product strategy, and technical mentorship across data engineering, backend infrastructure, and full-stack integration.
Locations (2)
- Santa Monica, California, United States
- United States
Compensation
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $195,000 - $255,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location, and the range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, role-related knowledge and skills, depth of experience, relevant education or training, and additional role-related considerations. Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.
Responsibilities
- Operate across multiple problem spaces—from data engineering to backend infrastructure and full-stack integration.
- Partner closely with Product Management and Decision Science to inject engineering perspectives early in the product development lifecycle.
- Act as a technical anchor, up-leveling an engineering team, guiding ICs, and keeping Engineering Managers aligned on technical execution.
- Design and implement creative, data-driven methods to measure the real-world success of newly shipped user-facing features.
- Architect how ZipRecruiter is presented in AI assistants and agentic systems, with the measurement and guardrails to run those integrations safely at scale.
Requirements
- BS/MS/PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Nice to have: ReactJS
- Nice to have: TypeScript
- Nice to have: data lake stack
- Nice to have: parquet
Skills
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- exceptional benefits package
- flexible vacation & paid time off
- employer-matched 401(k) plan


