over 1 year ago
Responsibilities
- Lead critical system rewrites and architect a scalable, resilient foundation for the AI-first platform.
- Design, optimize, and scale data storage systems for customer and AI workloads.
- Build and evolve deployment pipelines for reliable, automated releases.
- Set up and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
- Establish observability, incident response, system hardening, and engineering best practices.
- Build analytics and monitoring for system reliability, performance, and AI effectiveness.
- Mentor engineers and improve team capabilities across infrastructure, scalability, and AI product development.
- Interact directly with customers and occasionally travel to customer offices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience building production-grade software systems focused on scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Proven backend development expertise with Node.js, including API design, system architecture, and cloud-based services.
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
- Hands-on experience with database design, performance tuning, and scaling high-throughput data systems.
- Familiarity with deployment pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a distributed, fast-paced environment.
- Comfort operating in an early-stage, high-ownership environment with evolving requirements.
- React and TypeScript experience is a bonus.
- Exposure to LLM-based systems, AI infrastructure, or agentic AI workflows is a bonus.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Gym and workspace stipends.
- Computer and workspace enhancements.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- Company off-sites.
- Significant equity in a venture-backed company.
- Opportunity to influence the company’s technical foundations and engineering culture.
- The role is based in a distributed environment, with occasional travel to customer offices.
About Zuma
Zuma builds AI agents for multifamily property management, including an AI leasing assistant that handles lead response, tour booking, resident Q&A, and collections with humans in the loop. The company sells SaaS to apartment owners and operators, integrating with property CRMs to automate the resident lifecycle. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Santa Monica, it is privately held and raised a $17M Series A in 2024 from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator.