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You’ve seen products through from v1 to scale, and you love designing clean systems that last.\nYour mission is to\nOwn and architect core systems end-to-end, driving design decisions across the platform\nBuild and scale AI-powered software systems that power real-world financial workflows\nLead complex, ambiguous projects from problem definition production, setting technical direction along the way\nPartner closely with product and leadership to shape both technical and business strategy\nDrive engineering excellence across the team (code quality, system design, reliability, scalability)\nIdentify and build reusable abstractions, infrastructure, and tooling to accelerate development velocity\nWho You Are\n8+ years of experience as a software engineer, with time operating at a staff or equivalent level\nDeep experience with Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), TypeScript (React), Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)\nStrong experience with designing, building and scaling distributed systems\nStrong background in relational + non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, Redis)\nAPI design chops (REST, GraphQL), deployment know-how\nComfortable operating in high-ambiguity, fast-moving environments with high ownership\nStrong communicator who can influence technical decisions across teams\nBonus Points If You\nHave built complex workflow orchestration systems\nKnow your way around cloud infra\nHave experience building integrations or data pipelines\nLove mentoring and growing teams\nWhy Join Saris AI?\nJoin us in building the future of work for the trillion-dollar banking industry using cutting edge AI technology.\nTackle ambiguous technical challenges with no clear answers.\nCompetitive compensation with premium benefits and equity package.\nWork with a stellar team of engineers, builders, and leaders; including repeat YC founders with a successful exit (Ready Education).\nWe already have production agents live with revenue-generating customers\nOur team is backed by Tier 1 Silicon Valley VCs","company":"Saris","rawCompany":"saris","city":"Denver","state":"CO","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-30T11:32:55.928Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1251.00","title":"Computer Programmers","slug":"computer-programmers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Staff Software Engineer","description":"About Saris AI\nWe're a San Francisco & Montreal based applied AI startup that's building the future of work in the banking industry. 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