Job Description
RST Recruitment
Staff Software Engineer - (Backend Focus) - Infrastructure
RST Recruitment • New York, NY, United States • via ZipRecruiter
22 hours ago
$210K–$280K a year
Full–time
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Job highlights
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Qualifications
7+ years of experience in backend software engineering, building distributed systems or large scale backend architecture
Work experience
Designed and scaled search/recommendation/ranking systems
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Responsibilities
This individual will be crucial in defining scalable frameworks for data ingestion, ranking, personalization, and model orchestration, ensuring highly personalized and high-quality results for venture capital firms
They will also lead agentic experimentation and evaluation, pushing the boundaries of AI and LLM integrations in production to redefine software and push on this frontier
Architect the end-to-end sourcing engine from data ingestion, ranking, personalization, and model orchestration
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Job description
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with 7-8+ years of experience to architect the core intelligence behind Harmonic's Scout product. This individual will be crucial in defining scalable frameworks for data ingestion, ranking, personalization, and model orchestration, ensuring highly personalized and high-quality results for venture capital firms. They will also lead agentic experimentation and evaluation, pushing the boundaries of AI and LLM integrations in production to redefine software and push on this frontier.
What will you be doing?
• Architect the end-to-end sourcing engine from data ingestion, ranking, personalization, and model orchestration.
• Define scalable frameworks for retrieval, reranking, and LLM driven evaluation.
• Drive technical discovery for emerging technologies like memory systems, schema, prompt libraries, and agentic frameworks.
• Partner with product and design to define intuitive and fast LLM powered sourcing patterns.
• Mentor and guide engineers, raising the bar for system design, documentation, and technical decision making.
Tech stackdbt, Postgres, Python, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, TypeScript, React, elastic search
Responsibilities
• Influence and execute the overall vision of Harmonic's offerings by collaborating with Product & Design to create products that help customers discover startups.
• Translate the needs of our customers by deeply understanding their needs and innovating our product features and services to exceed their expectations, ultimately enhancing their experience.
• "Get Shit Done" by working on every layer of our stack, proactively troubleshooting, and solving any issues that stand in the way of our customers gaining maximum value from our product.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Staff Software Engineer - (Backend Focus) position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in New York City offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.
