Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Product

Technical Leader For Full-Stack Product Engineering Team

You'll be a technical leader for a full-stack product engineering team, shaping the platform that empowers customers to create and optimize their AI agents. This means working closely with the Agent Software Engineering and Agent PM teams to understand current workflows, then defining technical strategy and establishing patterns that scale those capabilities across our customer base. You'll work day-to-day with the core product and design teams, joining discovery, defining requirements, reviewing designs, and iterating through launch. Beyond building features, you'll mentor engineers as the team grows, supervising projects and providing technical direction for their work.

In this role, you will:

• Drive technical direction for the team, to build enterprise ready platform that scale with our customer base and features, by applying the right architectural principles and design patterns.
• Lead complex initiatives from ambiguous requirements to shipped products
• Create AI-powered tools that enable non-technical teams to create and manage sophisticated workflows without writing code
• Build monitoring and analytics that surface actionable insights, helping customers identify where their agents can improve
• Partner directly with customers and cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and validate product direction
• Mentor engineers and elevate team practices through code review, technical design, and knowledge sharing

Your background looks something like this:

• 6+ years building full-stack software products, with demonstrated impact on technical direction and strong product thinking
• Deep expertise in TypeScript and/or Python, with strong architecture and system design skills
• Proven ability to design abstractions and platforms that serve diverse use cases elegantly
• Track record of leading technical initiatives and driving consensus across teams
• Experience balancing technical excellence with rapid iteration and customer needs
• Strong product intuition and history of translating user feedback into technical solutions
• History of mentoring engineers and establishing technical standards

Even better:

• Experience building security-sensitive product systems, such as authentication and data access controls.
• Experience building and scaling developer tools, APIs, platforms, or infrastructure products
• Familiarity with LLMs, AI agent systems, prompt engineering, or building products on top of AI capabilities
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming and building scalable systems
• Experience with observability, data visualization, or analytics products
• History of establishing technical standards, design patterns, or architectural principles adopted across teams

Compensation:

$200K – $400K + Offers Equity

This range reflects the expected compensation for this role. Compensation within the range is determined based on experience, skills, and the scope of responsibilities, with flexibility for candidates who demonstrate exceptional impact. In addition to base salary, we offer competitive equity. Final compensation may vary based on location within the United States.

Benefits:

We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees:

• Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
• Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
• Parental Leave
• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
• Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best

These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon's policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.