Principal Software Engineer

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER BAY AREA, CA (3 DAYS IN OFFICE)$280,000 – $350,000+ (BASE + EQUITY)An exciting opportunity for a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to join a lean, profitable platform connecting creators through video. THE COMPANY A profitable, early-stage tech company with a small Bay Area-based team. The product already reaches a significant audience and focuses on high-impact, user-generated video content. THE ROLE Hands-on engineering and AI work across the platform: Build agentic GenAI workflows using internal datasets Develop marketing and growth systems: email delivery, personalization, engagement tracking Create commercial AI models to understand user behavior and engagement Collaborate across product and engineering teams End-to-end coding, system design, and customer validation YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Backend: Python, Django Frontend: React Cloud/Infrastructure: AWS Databases: PostgreSQL AI/ML: OpenAI; knowledge of agent systems helpful Experience with large-scale data and knowledge systems is a plus Comfortable working in a lean, high-ownership environment HOW TO APPLY Please register your interest by sending your resume to Calum Reid via the apply link on this page.