Blitzy
Staff Software Engineer
$215K–$260K
Cambridge, MA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Own high-leverage technical work across Blitzy’s backend platform, infrastructure, and AI product, setting architecture and technical direction while shipping production code and supporting engineering quality.
What you'll do
- Own architecture and technical roadmaps for core platform areas; write, review, and ship production code.
- Resolve complex production issues, lead postmortems, and improve reliability, security, and scalability.
- Use generative AI tools, mentor and unblock engineers, and collaborate across teams and with customers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including direct experience with Python, Terraform, and AWS.
- Track record leading technical initiatives and architectural decisions across multiple systems or teams without formal people-management authority.
- Deep knowledge of microservices and distributed application design at scale; ability to build enterprise-grade applications with 99%+ service-level availability.
- Advanced proficiency in Python, Terraform, and GCP.
Nice to have
- Experience building platforms or tools used by other engineering teams.
- Experience as a de facto technical lead, turning ambiguous problems into plans, or mentoring engineers.
Pay
$215,000 - $260,000 USD base salary; Bonus + Equity (amounts not stated)
Tools
Python, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Node.js, REST, PostgreSQL, OpenAI
AI focus
Use generative AI tools daily to improve work quality and effectiveness, and help the team do the same; familiarity with AI platforms is requested.
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