Staff Software Engineer, Job Seeker Apps
ZipRecruiter2 days ago
Base Salary
$195k - $255k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and integrate systems across data engineering, backend infrastructure, and full-stack product development.
- Partner with Product Management and Decision Science to shape user-facing features and engineering solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship while aligning engineers and Engineering Managers on execution.
- Design data-driven methods to measure the real-world impact of shipped features.
- Architect ZipRecruiter integrations with AI assistants and agentic systems, including scalable guardrails and measurement.
- Build systems supporting job seeker profiles, marketplace information and intent, proactive messaging, logged-in experiences, and mobile or third-party interfaces.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
- Track record of building user-facing products with measurable impact.
- Experience partnering with Product Managers to turn user problems into engineering solutions.
- Experience with ReactJS, TypeScript, or other modern client-side languages and frameworks is preferred.
- Experience with data lake technologies such as Parquet, object storage, AWS Glue, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Apache Spark, or Flink is preferred.
- Experience developing products for consumer-facing marketplaces is preferred.
- A BS, MS, or PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work environment; most US-based positions can also be performed remotely unless otherwise noted.
- Competitive compensation and an exceptional benefits package.
- Flexible vacation and paid time off.
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan.
- Additional medical, financial, and other benefits may be provided, and equity, bonuses, or other compensation may be available depending on the position.
Tech Stack
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About ZipRecruiter
ZipRecruiter builds an online employment marketplace used by businesses to advertise jobs and by job seekers to find and apply, powered by AI-based matching. The company sells recruiting and job advertising tools to employers through subscriptions and performance-based options, with free tools for candidates. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, ZipRecruiter is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: ZIP).