Hatch-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Senior
Austin, TX

At Hatch, we’re revolutionizing customer service with AI that doesn’t just assist — it transforms how businesses engage with customers. Backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors like Bessemer Venture Partners and NextView Ventures, we’re doubling revenue year over year and scaling rapidly. We’re building the future of AI-driven customer service — and we’re just getting started. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll join a team that’s pushing the boundaries of AI, systems design, and user experience. This role is for builders who think at scale, lead by example, and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to design and implement core systems across our platform. This role blends deep distributed-systems expertise, technical leadership, and a product-minded approach. You’ll partner with engineering and product leadership to set technical direction and deliver projects that move the business forward.

  • Architect and build large-scale, high-performance backend systems that power our AI platform.
  • Partner with product and front-end engineers to design flexible backend systems that support evolving user and business needs.
  • Design scalable, intuitive database schemas and data models that underpin the platform.
  • Apply LLM best practices — including clear prompt design, context management, structured outputs/chaining, and guardrails — to build reliable conversational AI applications.
  • Drive technical strategy and make long-term architectural decisions.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve system reliability, observability, and performance.
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with substantial time in senior or staff-level roles.
  • Deep expertise in one or more backend programming languages; experience with functional programming is a plus.
  • Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems in a production environment.
  • Solid understanding of relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis) and data architecture.
  • Proven experience improving system reliability, observability, and performance in production environments.
  • Experience collaborating with DevOps teams on deployment, monitoring, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills — you bring others along and elevate those around you.
  • Product-oriented mindset — you care deeply about building systems that meet real user needs.
  • Experience working in a fast-growing startup environment.
  • Contributions to open source or active participation in engineering communities.
  • Experience building and supporting LLM-powered applications in production.
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Remote OR Hybrid work environment (3 days/week in our NYC office)
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • 401(k) plan
  • Flexible PTO
  • Opportunity to build at the ground floor of a high-growth, mission-driven company
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