Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Staff+)
Lightfieldalmost 2 years ago
Base Salary
$220k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain end-to-end full-stack systems with strong reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Architect and scale data infrastructure and backend services for Lightfield’s AI-driven CRM.
- Design and optimize data models for CRM workflows, customer interactions, and AI-driven insights.
- Develop observability and metrics for proactive issue detection and continuous improvement.
- Mentor teammates, participate in code reviews, and help shape engineering culture and practices.
- Contribute to recruiting, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing to build the engineering team.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software development experience with a strong background in infrastructure, data modeling, and backend systems.
- Deep experience building scalable, high-performance data infrastructure for complex customer workflows and large-scale data processing.
- Strong understanding of database design, indexing strategies, and query optimization, especially with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
- Interest in Large Language Models and building systems that support and leverage them.
- Ability to ramp quickly on TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Apollo GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to independently drive projects in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
- Clear communication skills for articulating technical decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Passion for building intuitive, intelligent, and customer-loved products.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful early equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance.
- Three weeks of paid time off, 11 paid company holidays, and a winter holiday break.
- Three months of paid family leave.
- Work from home on Wednesdays.
- 401(k) plan.
- Regular team dinners, events, offsites, and retreats.
- Commuter and lunch stipend.
Tech Stack
About Lightfield
Lightfield builds an AI-native CRM that assembles itself from a company’s email, calendars, and meetings to create accounts, tasks, and follow-ups. It sells a cloud subscription to sales and go-to-market teams seeking automated capture and context. Headquartered in San Francisco, it is privately held, backed by Greylock, Lightspeed, and Coatue, and reports adoption by 5,000+ companies since launch.