Blitzy

Staff Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will own and drive technical work across the backend platform, infrastructure, and AI product surface. You will write production code, make architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers.

What you will do

  • Own the architecture and technical roadmap for core platform areas
  • Write, review, and ship production code
  • Leverage Generative AI tools daily
  • Serve as a technical escalation point for complex production issues
  • Champion improvements across the enterprise software development lifecycle
  • Build demos, prototypes, examples, and technical content
  • Collaborate with engineers, designers, and sales executives
  • Communicate technical decisions and seek feedback
  • Mentor and unblock other engineers
  • Resolve systemic issues like technical debt and reliability gaps

Required qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Direct experience with Python, Terraform, and AWS
  • Track record of leading technical initiatives and driving architectural decisions
  • Proficiency in backend frameworks such as Node.js, NuxtJS, Express.js, or Python
  • Experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or Vercel
  • Strong knowledge of programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C++, or Go
  • Hands-on knowledge of RPC technologies and API architectures including REST, gRPC, or GraphQL
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Firebase
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, or similar platforms
  • Experience with source code versioning tools such as Git or Perforce
  • Deep knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed application design at scale
  • Familiarity with AI platforms including OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Vertex AI, Amazon Bedrock, or SageMaker

Nice to have

  • Experience building platforms or tools used by other engineering teams
  • Experience operating as a de facto technical lead
  • Track record of turning ambiguous, underspecified problems into clear technical plans
  • Experience mentoring or informally coaching other engineers

About the company

Blitzy is a Cambridge, MA based AI software development platform. They create an agentic software development platform to automate enterprise software development.