Looking for a Staff Software Engineer to spearhead the investment in an inference stack to deliver best-in-class performance, reliability, cost efficiency, and flexibility across open-source language models.
Compensation
Salary Range ($190- $230K) plus health insurance and equity. United States - Remote Pay Range: $190,000—$230,000 USD
Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of our production inference platform.
Define the technical roadmap for inference infrastructure, model serving, and runtime optimization.
Build and operate scalable, cost-effective systems for serving large language models in production.
Evaluate and integrate modern inference technologies, frameworks, and serving runtimes.
Optimize latency, throughput, GPU utilization, memory efficiency, and infrastructure cost.
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.
Lead infrastructure, end-user IT, security operations, and DevOps support across the company.
Locations (2)
Austin, Texas, United States
San Jose, California, United States
Compensation
$1—$999,999 USD
Responsibilities
Lead server and backend infrastructure, including on-prem and cloud systems, networking, storage, and identity
Run desktop and end-user IT, including laptop provisioning, SaaS tools, help desk, and onboarding and off boarding
Build and run the security program and security operations, including endpoint protection, access control, monitoring, and incident response
Partner with engineering on DevOps tooling, CI/CD infrastructure, and automation
Hire and manage the IT team, and set its roadmap and budget
Requirements
B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
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
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