[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Oliv AI

Role Description

We’re looking for an exceptional engineer to join the core team at Oliv AI. This is a high-ownership role for someone who can take an ambiguous problem, figure out the right approach, and drive it end-to-end — from architecture and prototyping to production and iteration.

You’ll primarily work on backend systems, but we don’t want engineers constrained by boundaries. If the problem requires frontend work, infrastructure, data systems, AI/LLM integrations, evaluating providers, or building internal tooling, you should be comfortable figuring it out.

We’re looking for someone who thinks beyond tickets and features — someone who improves the systems, tooling, architecture, and engineering practices around them.

What You’ll Do

• Own complex engineering problems from first principles through production
• Design simple, scalable, reliable systems and make strong architectural decisions
• Build primarily on the backend, while comfortably working across frontend, infrastructure, data, and AI when needed
• Prototype quickly, test multiple approaches, and make decisions based on evidence
• Work with modern AI tools, LLMs, agents, APIs, and providers where they can create meaningful product or engineering leverage
• Build automation and internal tooling to make yourself and the team significantly more effective
• Improve engineering quality, architecture, and development practices across the company
• Help other engineers unblock difficult technical problems and raise the overall technical bar

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of building and owning production systems
• Deep backend engineering ability, with enough breadth to work across the stack when required
• Strong system design and architectural judgment
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments
• High ownership and strong product judgment
• An experimental, iterative mindset — you prototype, benchmark, automate, and continuously improve how you work
• Comfortable learning unfamiliar technologies quickly rather than being defined by a specific stack
• Strong interest in using AI-assisted development and modern engineering workflows to increase leverage
• Experience at Staff, Principal, Architect, or equivalent level is a strong signal, but we care more about demonstrated ability than titles.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Meaningful equity
• Remote flexibility
• Strong health benefits
• The tools you need to do your best work

How to Apply

Share a short Loom/video highlighting your career, the most interesting things you’ve built, and why you believe you’d be a great fit for this role.

We want to make sure everyone has an equal chance to participate and make a difference. Oliv.AI is an equal opportunity employer and prioritizes building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants of any type and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state, and local laws. Oliv’s policy is to comply with all applicable laws related to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.