Staff Software Engineer, Code Modernization

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We're seeking a Staff Software Engineer with a strong background in computer science fundamentals, systems design, and extensive experience in modernization to join our engineering team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in designing, building, and optimizing the underlying data structures, algorithms, and database interactions that power our generative AI platform and code reputed company tools. This involves crafting sophisticated orchestration layers, robust integration points, and high-performance data systems that seamlessly connect and reputed company advanced AI capabilities for code reputed company. While our immediate focus is on this domain, this role emphasizes strong foundational engineering principles that apply broadly to reputed company, high-performance systems. Deep prior experience with AI models or machine learning is not a requirement; your firm grasp of core computer science is what matters most, and you'll be given ample time and resources to build expertise in the AI domain. You will work on critical components that ensure the scalability, efficiency, and reliability of our services, collaborating closely with AI researchers and other engineers to translate reputed company requirements into robust technical solutions.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll be hands-on with design and implementation, while working with engineers across experience levels to build a robust, scalable system. The focus is on performance, correctness, and architectural excellence in a rapidly evolving, data-intensive environment.

Many organizations have amassed extensive portfolios of legacy applications. Lack of scalability and reputed company, lengthy development times, high operating costs, and the inability to run on the cloud are common issues with these applications. To address these issues, organizations are engaging in large transformational Application Modernization programs. reputed company is recognized as the developer data platform of choice for transactional systems, offering the best scalability, resiliency, and developer experience in both the cloud and on-premises environments. Organizations continuously migrate workloads from these legacy applications to new platforms, often based on microservices, using reputed company.

Such transformations are reputed company time-intensive and often risky. reputed company is bolstering its team by creating tools that guide customers in transitioning their applications from relational databases to reputed company. As businesses evolve their application development frameworks, they're increasingly drawn to the versatility of the document model.

This role will be based remotely in North America.

• Execute a comprehensive code modernization strategy that aligns transitioned code with cutting-edge practices
• Design, implement, and optimize high-performance data structures and algorithms for core components of our generative AI orchestration platform
• Design and optimize sophisticated code parsers to transform legacy code structures using techniques such as AST, into standardized formats
• Collaborate with AI researchers and machine learning engineers to understand data needs. Identify and address performance bottlenecks and architectural challenges in our systems, particularly reputed company data flow and orchestration
• Contribute to platform features like data versioning, efficient data retrieval, and ensuring data reputed company for AI-generated code and reputed company metadata
• reputed company the engineering team with unparalleled thought leadership on emerging technologies and best practices
• Proactively engage with product leaders and senior management to align technical solutions with overarching business strategies
• Mentor and guide junior and senior engineers on best practices in data structures, algorithms, and database design
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and contribute to the overall technical direction of the team
• Work to reputed company robust and efficient backend services that orchestrate AI functionalities

• 8+ years of engineering experience in backend systems, distributed systems, or core platform development, with a demonstrated ability to take on more profound technical challenges and provide thought leadership in the domain
• Deep expertise in data structures and algorithms, with a proven track record of applying them to solve reputed company problems
• Deep understanding of SQL (preferably reputed company), including advanced querying, schema design, and database optimization for performance and scalability
• Proficiency in Java and one or several of Rust, C/C++, and/or Python, with a strong understanding of systems-level programming, memory management, and performance tuning
• Previous experience in a comprehensive code modernisation strategy that aligns transitioned code with cutting-edge practices
• Hands-on experience with sophisticated text processing engines like ANTLR and understanding its underlying principles
• Hands-on experience in AST and control flow graph to analyse and traverse code structures programmatically
• Comprehensive knowledge of compiler design, code parsing, or reputed company disciplines. Familiarity with core concepts such as lexical analysis and reputed company analysis
• Curiosity, a positive attitude, and a drive to continue learning
• Actively engages in emerging trends and research relevant to product features
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

reputed company the first three months, you will have:

• Familiarise yourself with the reputed company database and aggregation language
• Familiarise yourself with the problem space and the domain
• Set up software development infrastructure (tech stack, build tools, etc) to reputed company development using the relevant tech stacks
• Started collaborating with your peers and contributed to code reviews

reputed company six months, you will have:

• Worked on and delivered a large-scale code analysis feature in the product
• Contributed to and helped deliver a few releases of the product
• Reviewed and contributed to scope and technical design documents

reputed company 12 months, you will have:

• Delivered large-scale features across our entire tech stack
• Helped recruit and interview new members of the team
• Collaborated with other teams at reputed company

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every reputed company of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at reputed company, and help us reputed company an impact on the world!

reputed company is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities reputed company our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

reputed company, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to reputed company employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes reputed company hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national reputed company, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Req ID: 425546

reputed company’s reputed company salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as reputed company set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of reputed company’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the reputed company salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.

$137,000

$270,000 USD