Staff Software Engineer (Copy)

Responsibilities

Define technical strategy and architecture while building production-grade AI-powered features across the stack. Lead cross-team initiatives and mentor engineers to raise the bar on standards and AI-assisted coding practices.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of full stack experience with a strong background in system design and architecture. Must demonstrate the ability to lead ambiguous technical initiatives and possess hands-on experience as an AI-native engineer.

Skills

• TypeScript
• Python
• Node.js
• GCP
• Kubernetes
• React
• PostgreSQL
• Temporal
• System design
• Architecture
• Data modeling
• AI-assisted coding
• Technical strategy
• Mentoring
• Full stack development

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive Health Benefits
• Vacation days
• Flex days

About this role

Senpilot builds AI agents that help utilities operate smarter, faster, and more
reliably, automating everything from engineering workflows to regulatory filings
and compliance. Our mission is to create the intelligence layer for the modern
grid: AI systems that understand utility data, reason across it, and act
autonomously to improve safety, resilience, and efficiency.

We are building production-grade intelligence that sits at the heart of how
critical infrastructure is planned, monitored, and regulated, helping utilities
unlock the next generation of reliability.

Joining Senpilot means joining a small, high-performance team that combines deep
expertise in AI systems, data engineering, and energy infrastructure. We focus
on generating value and we run toward the hard problems because that's where the
value is. If you want to join a fast-growing team and help build the future of
intelligent infrastructure, this is the place to do it.

The Role
We're looking for a staff engineer to define and drive how we build AI-powered
product features across the team. You'll set the technical direction while still
shipping production code yourself and iterating based on real usage. You'll lean
on AI coding tools like Claude to move fast across the stack, and you'll help
shape how the rest of the team uses them too, raising the bar on what "fast and
reliable" looks like for everyone, not just for your own output.

This is an AI-native engineering role. We expect AI to be a core part of how you
work, a genuine multiplier for how much you can design, build, and ship, and for
how you help others do the same. We care far more about how you build than which
stack you've used. If you can take a genuinely ambiguous, cross-cutting problem,
without an obvious solution, and turn it into a shipped, maintained system that
other engineers can extend, we want to talk to you.

What you will find in our current tech stack: TypeScript, Python, Node.js, GCP,
Kubernetes, React, PostgreSQL and Temporal.

What you’ll do
* Define technical strategy and architecture, proactively spotting and
mitigating risks across security and scale
* Bring clarity to ambiguous problems, be the first technical mind on new
challenges, connecting technology to real-world customer problems
* Own complex features and cross-team initiatives end to end: scope, design,
build, ship, measure, and iterate
* Talk to customers directly and develop deep domain expertise that shapes
technical and product decisions
* Own data modeling and schema design initiatives across the team, building
pragmatic models that balance flexibility, simplicity, and durability
* Act as a force multiplier, identify high-leverage opportunities, mentor other
engineers, and raise the bar on standards, tooling, and AI-assisted coding
* Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to create and
improve our products

What you’ll bring
* 5+ years of full stack experience building and shipping production software,
including experience influencing technical direction.
* Hands-on experience as an AI-native Engineer and ability to get high-quality,
production-ready output
* Demonstrated ability to lead large, ambiguous technical initiatives with
multiple stakeholders
* Deep expertise across the stack plus strong system design and architecture
judgment
* Strong technical communication skills, able to align both engineers and
non-technical stakeholders and a low-ego approach to code review and design.
* Experience mentoring senior engineers and shaping engineering
culture/standards

Work Location
We appreciate the flexibility of hybrid work, and we also value the energy that
comes from being in the same room. Our team gathers at our office in downtown
Toronto up to three times a month. If you're able to join us in person on those
days, we'd love to hear from you.

What is in for you
* Competitive Compensation: The estimated base salary range for this role in
Canada is $200,000 CAD - $250,000 CAD with most new hires joining near the
midpoint. Actual salaries may vary within the range, or above or below it,
based on factors such as experience, skills, location, and business needs.
* Equity
* Comprehensive Health Benefits from day one, for you and your dependents
* Time Off: 20 vacation days + 5 flex days around EOY holidays

AI at Senpilot
AI is embedded in how we work, and we encourage our team to lean on it to learn
new skills, sharpen their craft, and put their energy toward the work that
genuinely moves the needle.
That extends to how we hire. We bring AI into our recruitment process not to
take the humanity out of it, but to keep things organized and smooth so the
experience feels more personal, not less. It gives our team room to focus on the
parts that count: genuine conversations and well thought decisions. Above all,
every decision is made by real people, drawing on genuine understanding, and
rooted in our values and culture.

Senpilot is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive and diverse
workforce. Accommodations are available upon request during the recruitment
process.

About Senpilot

Technology, Information and Internet · 51-200 employees · headquartered in Brooklyn, New York