Forward

Forward

Sr Software Engineer

Texas · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 63 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptJavaReactNext.jsNode.jsFull-Stack DevelopmentNoSQLPostgreSQLDynamoDBVector DatabasesAWSCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformPrometheusGrafanaDatadogSite Reliability EngineeringAPI DevelopmentKafkaMachine LearningData EngineeringLLMs

About the role

  • This role is a core contributor on our engineering team.
  • We need someone who sees the gaps, fills them, and doesn't wait to be asked.
  • Stand up and evolve AI platform infrastructure as the roadmap matures - model serving, orchestration, and evaluation pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and maintain full-stack applications using TypeScript, Next.js, React, and Node.js across our product surface area.
  • Own end-to-end feature delivery from database schema and API design through frontend UI/UX, including observability, testing, and deployment.
  • Drive architectural decisions across the stack, balancing speed with long-term durability.
  • Design and implement agentic AI systems - autonomous agents that plan multi-step workflows, use tools, call APIs, and make decisions with minimal human oversight.
  • Lead the integration of LLM-powered capabilities into production systems - prompt engineering, tool-use frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-agent orchestration.
  • Build and operate real-time streaming data pipelines using Kafka (or Kafka-compatible platforms like WarpStream), stream processors, and event-driven architectures.
  • Design event-driven data flows that feed both product and AI systems with low-latency data.

Requirements

  • Track record of leading small engineering teams while staying hands-on - you're a player-coach, not a meeting machine.
  • Deep expertise in TypeScript/JavaScript across the full stack - you're equally comfortable writing React components and Node.js microservices.
  • Strong production experience with Next.js (App Router, Server Components, API routes, middleware, ISR/SSR strategies).
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka or Kafka-compatible streaming platforms (producers, consumers, exactly-once semantics, schema registries, stream processing).
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with engineering, product, and business teams.

Nice to have

  • Experience in fintech, payments, or regulated industries (PCI DSS, SOC 2).
  • Familiarity with modern AI/ML tooling - LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, vector databases, embedding pipelines.
  • Background with data infrastructure components like Apache Iceberg, StarRocks, ClickHouse, or RisingWave.
  • Streaming infrastructure and lakehouse architectures (Kafka, Flink, Iceberg).
  • Service mesh with GitOps-driven rollouts (Argo/Flux) - canary deployments, traffic shaping.
  • Contributions to open-source projects or technical blog posts demonstrating thought leadership.
  • Experience with observability stacks (Datadog, Sentry, Prometheus/Grafana) and SRE practices.
  • The opportunity to shape both the AI roadmap and the platform that powers it.

Compensation

  • Competitive salary and equity package.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity package.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Flexible work arrangements and generous PTO.
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