Sr/Lead Full Stack AI Studio

Lead/Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack – AI Studio

Redwood City, CA (5 Days Onsite)

Seniority

• Senior Software Engineer: 5–8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Lead Software Engineer: 8–12+ years leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers

Work Experience

• Strong experience building production-grade full-stack web applications from architecture through deployment.
• Experience developing complex frontend applications using React, Redux, TypeScript, or similar modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Backend development experience with Java, Spring Boot, or other object-oriented languages and frameworks.
• Built developer platforms, internal tools, IDEs, low-code platforms, workflow builders, dashboards, or enterprise SaaS products.
• Experience designing scalable APIs and distributed systems supporting enterprise-scale applications.
• Comfortable collaborating across Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Platform Engineering teams.
• Experience leading technical design reviews, driving architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers (required for Lead level).
• Prior experience shipping highly interactive user experiences or developer productivity tools is highly preferred.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Master's degree preferred.

Hard Skills

• JavaScript / TypeScript
• React, Redux (Vue or Angular also considered)
• Java, Spring Boot, or other object-oriented backend frameworks
• REST APIs
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Git
• Distributed systems
• Data structures & algorithms
• Object-oriented design
• Performance optimization
• Testing (unit, integration, end-to-end)
• Agile development
• CI/CD
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience building scalable enterprise SaaS applications

Nice to Have

• Experience building developer platforms, AI platforms, low-code/no-code products, IDEs, or workflow automation tools.
• Experience with AI/ML platforms, data science tooling, or enterprise AI products.
• Experience with visual application builders or drag-and-drop interfaces.
• Familiarity with modern AI developer workflows and LLM-powered products.
• Open-source contributions or strong technical side projects.

Soft Skills

• Strong technical leadership and ownership.
• Excellent communication across engineering, product, and design organizations.
• Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Passion for building elegant user experiences for technical users.
• Collaborative mentor who enjoys raising the engineering bar.
• Product-minded with strong customer empathy.

Traits They Are Looking For

• Builders who enjoy solving difficult engineering problems.
• Engineers who can own products end-to-end.
• Strong architectural thinking with hands-on coding ability.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction.
• Passion for developer experience and platform engineering.
• Comfortable moving quickly while maintaining high engineering quality.

Traits to Avoid

• Frontend-only engineers with little backend experience.
• Backend engineers with minimal UI or product experience.
• Candidates who primarily maintain legacy systems without building new products.
• Engineers lacking ownership or cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Frequent job hopping (multiple tenures under one year without clear progression).

Compensation

• Senior Software Engineer: $145,000–$190,000 Base + Equity + Bonus
• Lead Software Engineer: Up to $219,000 Base + Equity + Bonus

Location

• Redwood City, CA
• 5 days/week onsite

Why Join

• Build the primary developer experience for one of the world's leading Enterprise AI platforms.
• Work on products used by developers, data scientists, and Fortune 500 enterprises building production AI applications.
• Own highly visible features across frontend, backend, architecture, and platform infrastructure.
• Collaborate with world-class engineers solving complex enterprise AI and developer productivity challenges.
• Opportunity to influence the future of enterprise AI development through C3 AI Studio, the company's flagship application-building platform.