Cambly

Staff Software Engineer

San Francisco · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$230kDetected 14 days ago

PythonReactNext.jsFastAPIFlaskAWSAPI DevelopmentREST

About the role

Think of us as the Airbnb that matches English students with English tutors.
We're bringing AI to language learning in a way that strengthens what makes Cambly work: real tutors and real human connection.
Our frontend is built on Next.js, React, and TypeScript.

You'll be a senior technical owner on a fast-moving engineering team of around 15 engineers: backend-strong, comfortable working across the stack, and accountable for taking products from design through launch.
You'll work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers, and you'll set the bar for how the team builds.
Make the hard calls. Own the judgment that shapes product work, including how we model the domain and when to build for scale and extensibility versus building quickly for fast learnings.
Ship end to end. Take products from technical design through launch, and own major initiatives across the team.
Set how we build. Raise the technical bar through architecture, reviews, and good practices, and turn the AI workflows that work into practices the rest of the team adopts.
Building post-lesson activities curated to each learner's areas for improvement.
You build AI-first.
Directing AI coding tools to do the implementation, and spending your own time on decisions and review, is already how you work, not something you're curious to try.

This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the expected base salary range for this position is shown below.
The actual base pay depends on job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, business needs, and market demand, so in some circumstances the actual salary could fall outside this range.
This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
$200,000 - $230,000 USD Base Salary plus pre-IPO stock options.

100% of medical, dental, and vision paid, along with 401k matching up to 4%.
Maternity and paternity paid leave.
20 days of PTO, 9 days of sick leave, 10 company holidays, plus an end-of-year shutdown.
Helping people around the world unlock economic opportunities by learning English.
All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
$200,000 - $230,000 USD Base Salary plus pre-IPO stock options.
You own your work and have the technical judgment to make the calls that come with it, including when to invest in scale and extensibility and when to optimize for speed and learning.
Our mission is to bring high-quality English education to every English learner in the world at the touch of a button.
Come help us build the world's largest English learning marketplace and school.
Owning the platform behind a new AI-forward learning experience that generates personalized activities for each learner, and shaping it as we learn what works.

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to own the technical direction of the products we ship.

We are proud to be a highly inclusive company and an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
We believe that in order to thrive, businesses need a diverse team and leadership.
We welcome every background, identity, ability, and mindset to join us on our mission to make high-quality English education available to all.
Everyone is welcome here.

This listing is sourced directly from Cambly's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.