Staff Software Engineer

The role

You will build backend systems for a core product and an agentic AI platform. This includes designing petabyte-scale AI pipelines and infrastructure for complex planning agents.

What you will do

• Build and deliver scalable, secure backend services.
• Design and implement systems for retrieval over petabyte-scale document troves.
• Engineer pipelines for large-scale data collection.
• Build backend infrastructure for complex 1000-step planning agents.
• Create organizational-level interfaces for human-AI collaboration.
• Contribute to the architecture and management of cloud infrastructure.
• Engineer systems with high standards of security and reliability.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated impact on production backend systems
• Hands-on proficiency in Python
• Experience with distributed systems, large-scale data processing, or cloud infrastructure
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• Full-stack experience
• TypeScript and React

Benefits

• Flexible PTO policy
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Meals and snacks in the office
• Relocation and immigration support

About the company

Zania is building agentic AI for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). The team includes AI and Security leaders from companies like Airbnb, Microsoft, and Deloitte.