Staff Software Engineer, Platform

David AI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Problem-solving"]

Design, build, and maintain production-grade backend services powering data collection to customer insights. Own architecture and performance of distributed systems handling petabytes of audio data at scale. Define internal APIs and service boundaries to support ML/product features. Build observable, high-performance systems and collaborate with product, operations, and ML teams to ship fast.

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David AI
David AI
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Staff Software Engineer, Platform

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Job Summary

Design, build, and maintain production-grade backend services powering data collection to customer insights. Own architecture and performance of distributed systems handling petabytes of audio data at scale. Define internal APIs and service boundaries to support ML/product features. Build observable, high-performance systems and collaborate with product, operations, and ML teams to ship fast.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and maintain production-grade backend services that power everything from data collection to customer-facing insights.
  • •Own the architecture and performance of distributed systems that ingest, transform, and serve audio data at scale.
  • •Define and evolve internal APIs and service boundaries to support a growing set of ML and product features.
  • •Build resilient, observable, and easy-to-debug systems with strong performance characteristics.
  • •Collaborate with product, operations, and ML teams to rapidly iterate on new product + research ideas and ship fast.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Paid LeaveHealth InsuranceDentalVision401k

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years backend development building scalable APIs and services.
  • •Proficient with RESTful APIs, service interfaces, and database design (PostgreSQL, MySQL).
  • •Strong understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
  • •Extensive cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code experience.
  • •Proficient in profiling, debugging, and optimizing backend systems.
Experience:3+ yearsAiAudioMachine learning
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindCSSNode.jsTRPCPostgreSQLAWSTrigger.devWebRTCFFmpeg

Company Brief

David AI
David AI builds high-quality proprietary audio datasets and data infrastructure to train speech and conversational AI models, serving leading AI labs and enterprises with research-driven dataset development and evaluation.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 250M to 500M
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2024
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