Principal AI-Native Software Engineer

The role

You will use AI agents and Claude Code to take product initiatives from business requirements to production-ready software. You will work across the stack including TypeScript, MongoDB, and cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP.

What you will do

• Translate business requirements into technical requirements and implementation plans
• Partner with Product and Design to understand user outcomes and workflows
• Take product initiatives from design through deployment and ongoing operation
• Manage several products or major engineering initiatives with limited oversight
• Use Claude Code as a primary development environment and orchestration layer
• Run multiple agents, sub-agents, worktrees, branches, or development sessions in parallel
• Automate the product development lifecycle using AI agents
• Review agent-generated code with Principal or Staff level judgment
• Work across frontend, backend, mobile, infrastructure, and integrations
• Manage infrastructure and deployment workflows across AWS and GCP

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Significant experience operating at the Staff, Principal, or equivalent engineering level
• Expert-level experience with Claude Code
• Experience coordinating multiple AI agents or development sessions in parallel
• Production TypeScript/Node.js experience
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• MongoDB experience
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating production software in a distributed, cloud-based environment (e.g., AWS EC2/ECS, Lambda, Cloud Run) within a service-oriented or micro-service architecture
• Hands-on experience applying AI/ML in production
• Extensive experience developing and maintaining APIs and integrating with third-party APIs
• Strong experience with automated CI/CD pipelines
• Authorization to work in the US

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans (ButterflyMX covers 80% of the cost) starting day 1
• 401(k) plan with a match
• 10 paid holidays
• 20 vacation days
• 5 sick days
• 3 floating holidays
• Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (ButterflyMX covers 100% of the cost)
• Short and Long Term Disability (ButterflyMX covers 100% of the cost)
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Quarterly self-care stipends
• Access to optional benefits including pre-tax flexible healthcare spending accounts (FSA and HSA), Dependent Care FSA, and Commuter Benefits, as well as optional Supplemental Life, AD&D, Hospital Inde

Before you apply

• You must have the authorization to work in the US to become an employee

About the company

ButterflyMX is on a mission to empower people to open and manage doors & gates from a smartphone. Their products are installed in more than 20,000+ multifamily, commercial, gated communities, and student-housing properties worldwide.