Chanzuckerberginitiative

Chanzuckerberginitiative

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools

Redwood City, CA (Hybrid) · Staff+ · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$241k-$331kDetected 1 day ago
Backend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewVector DatabasesCloud PlatformsPlatform EngineeringLLMsRAGAgentic AICompensationEmbedded SystemsCommunication

About the role

  • We believe that Engineering, IT and Security are most effective when in sync and learning from each other on a daily basis.
  • Success looks like applications business teams actually adopt, technical patterns that get reused instead of rebuilt every quarter, and an engineering bar that holds without needing to be enforced.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and maintain reliable, scalable production applications with a focus on infrastructure automation and governance
  • Design and build the AI layer - custom agents, workflows, and the knowledge and retrieval substrate that lets them reason over connected enterprise data
  • Tech-lead a small team: set the design and code review bar, partner with engineers on what good looks like, mentor contingent engineering support
  • 12+ years building production software systems, with meaningful time as a Senior Staff or Principal IC tech-leading small teams
  • Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
  • Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving

Requirements

  • Experience operating cloud infrastructure for production systems using industry-standard best practices like Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • ability to make progress when requirements are evolving

Nice to have

  • Background in enterprise IT, business systems, or platform engineering;
  • Experience operating in hub-and-spoke models with embedded engineering teams;
  • New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time.
  • As we grow, we're excited to strengthen in-person connections and cultivate a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
  • We're thankful to have an incredible team behind our work.
  • If you're interested in a role but your previous experience doesn't perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.
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Skills

  • This work requires strategic and operational rigor, creativity, and deep collaboration.

Compensation

  • The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $241,000 - $331,100.
  • This position may be eligible to participate in our discretionary annual performance bonus program.

Benefits

  • Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
  • Funding for select family-forming benefits.
  • Partner with senior business stakeholders across the org and with embedded engineers in Investments, Biohub, and Learning Commons
  • Bonus eligibility and targets are determined in accordance with our total rewards philosophy and may vary by role.

Company info

  • The Operations team is a key partner in enabling Biohub's pioneering work to combine frontier AI with frontier biology to solve disease and Learning Commons' mission to build AI infrastructure that aligns how students learn with the tools that shape their learning experiences.
  • Operations includes our Central Tech, Finance, Marketing & Communications, People, and Real Estate / Workplace / Events / Facilities / Security (REWFS) teams.
  • Together, these teams create the systems, programs, and experiences that empower our partners and colleagues across Biohub and Learning Commons to drive impact.
  • Whether designing world-class employee experiences, safeguarding data and infrastructure, or shaping how we communicate our impact, Operations plays a critical role in helping deliver meaningful change at scale.

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