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Principal Software Engineer

$280k - $350k

Harnham

San Francisco, CA

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER

BAY AREA, CA (3 DAYS IN OFFICE)

$280,000 – $350,000+ (BASE + EQUITY)

An exciting opportunity for a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to join a lean, profitable platform connecting creators through video.

THE COMPANY

A profitable, early-stage tech company with a small Bay Area-based team. The product already reaches a significant audience and focuses on high-impact, user-generated video content.

THE ROLE

Hands-on engineering and AI work across the platform:

  • Build agentic GenAI workflows using internal datasets
  • Develop marketing and growth systems: email delivery, personalization, engagement tracking
  • Create commercial AI models to understand user behavior and engagement
  • Collaborate across product and engineering teams
  • End-to-end coding, system design, and customer validation

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

  • Backend: Python, Django
  • Frontend: React
  • Cloud/Infrastructure: AWS
  • Databases: PostgreSQL
  • AI/ML: OpenAI; knowledge of agent systems helpful
  • Experience with large-scale data and knowledge systems is a plus
  • Comfortable working in a lean, high-ownership environment

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume to Calum Reid via the apply link on this page.

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Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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