[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Zenrows

Role Description

AI runs on web data, and more and more of the work that needs it is done by AI agents. Zenrows is how they get it. Fetch gets any page past the toughest anti-bot systems. Extract turns it into clean, structured data. Batch and Crawl do it across whole websites.

We’re also changing how software gets built. Our engineers already write 100% of their code with agents. We are moving more and more operational workflows from manual, to automated, to autonomous, trusting agents with real work in production. Very few teams are doing this for real. We are, and we want you to help lead it.

You’ll own a customer-facing product end to end: what it does, how it runs, and the business number it moves. There are no product managers here. You talk to customers, decide what to build, build it with your agents, ship it, and own it.

The problems are real. Our systems run on thousands of CPU cores, handle millions of requests a day, and stay ahead of anti-bot systems built by companies many times our size. You’ll design systems that hold up under that load. You’ll also build the tests, evals and guardrails that tell us when an agent’s work can be trusted.

As a Staff Engineer, you’ll shape how the whole company works with agents. When one team finds a better way of working, you’ll help turn it into the standard for everyone.

Your days aren’t prescribed. You’ll look across the company, find where you can add the most value and go after it.

Qualifications

• You’ve built high-load, complex production systems and you’ve set the technical direction that other engineers followed.
• You put product first. You talk about customers and business impact before code, and you can say clearly what your work changed for the business.
• You’re all in on AI-native engineering. You build with agents every day, and you know how to verify, test and take ownership of what they produce. Bonus points if you’ve built and shipped products that use LLMs or agents in production.
• You write clearly. We’re remote and our agents work from written context, so a good spec or decision record is worth as much as good code.
• You’re comfortable working with non-technical people. You can sit down with sales, GTM or operations colleagues, understand their problems and turn them into something that ships, no translator needed.
• You take ownership without being asked. You’re comfortable with ambiguity, happy to experiment, fail and argue for ideas, and you think like a co-founder.
• You pick the tool that serves the customer. Today that’s mostly Go, AWS, and Terraform, and you are open to learn new languages and tools quickly.
• A love of hands-on work. You’ll still champion collaboration via knowledge-sharing sessions, kickoffs, and cross-team reviews, but this is an IC role at its heart, focused on building and influence.
• Availability to work EMEA hours, as our team collaborates across European time zones.

Benefits

• 100% remote work: We are a company that offers true freedom. Work wherever life takes you.
• The salary you are worth: We never ask people what they are earning but instead what you are looking for. If your ability and experience justifies it and we think you are going to help us succeed then we will match your expectations.
• The equipment you want: We believe in giving our people the tools they need to succeed and don’t have a default machine to give you.
• Generous Learning & Development budget: We believe in always adding value to our top performers and helping them grow their skills in a direction that is beneficial both to them and the business.
• All Star Awards: We recognize achievements in many ways within the business but the bi-annual All star rewards allows the CEO to tailor reward packages to the person.
• Charity Initiatives: We are a business that believes in giving back to the community and every year allows our employees the opportunity to give back.
• Annual Kick-Off: We want our employees to see where Zenrows was born and enjoy all the Pinxos they can handle.
• Share in Our Success: We want our top performers to be part of the company's success and offer opportunities for stock option allocation when people show their value.
• Deel Benefits: As a fully remote organization we employ our people via Deel, bringing freedom of location and a host of other benefits including discounts on VPNs, memberships and services.

Values

We are proud of our uniquely agile, fast paced, and autonomous environment. Our core values of Ownership, Dedication, Impact, Transparency and Agility run through everyone who works for us, and everything we do.

We are a sociable company and don’t let a fully remote model stop us from feeling connected to the place we work and the people that we work with. The atmosphere across the business is friendly and supportive, with a constant desire to improve in everything we do!

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Here at Zenrows we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion but recognise that we can always do more. Every job description is subject to scrutiny through a gender bias decoder ensuring our roles are as inclusive and attractive as possible. Our culture is one that aims to nurture a welcoming and safe working environment for everyone with initiatives that embrace our globally diverse family.