Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Posted 6 Days Ago
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7 Locations
180K-220K Annually
Expert/Leader
Software • Manufacturing
The Role
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will build scalable backend systems, collaborate on architecture, mentor junior engineers, and shape technology decisions while fostering an impactful engineering culture.
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend

  • Salary Range: $180k - $220k, plus a generous equity package

About Us:

Empowering the Backbone of Industry

At Squint, we're building technology that matters. While many tech companies focus on digital-first industries, we've set our sights on empowering the 80% of the global workforce that keeps our world running: frontline manufacturing operators. From soda cans to tires, toothpaste to chocolate bars, chips to napkin holders, these are the people who build the things you touch and see every single day.  

The Leading Manufacturing Intelligence Platform

Squint delivers critical knowledge to frontline workers exactly when and where they need it. Our platform transforms manufacturing operations by putting AI and AR capabilities directly at workers' fingertips, creating what we call "agentic manufacturing" – where every team member has the power to make informed decisions in real-time using practical, applied artificial intelligence tools.

Proven Impact with Industry Leaders

Our technology serves Fortune 500 leaders across Automotive, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Life Sciences industries. These companies trust Squint to capture and activate their essential operational know-how, resulting in measurable improvements: reduced downtime, minimized waste, and optimized productivity at scale.

Technology that Respects its Users

We build consumer-grade software that delivers enterprise-grade results on familiar devices: phones and tablets. By combining cutting-edge innovation with deep customer insights, we create tools that feel intuitive while transforming how physical production environments operate.

Backed and Built by the Best

Our vision has earned the support of elite investors including Sequoia Capital and Menlo Ventures. Our co-founders have been recognized on Forbes' 30 Under 30 for Manufacturing and Industry, and Fast Company named us one of the most innovative augmented and virtual reality companies of 2025. Our teammates hail from Airbnb, Splunk, Square, Segment, and Ironclad.

Join Us in Making a Difference

When you join Squint, you're not just building another app – you're creating technology that improves daily work life for people who manufacture the products our world depends on. It's meaningful work with visible impact.

About the Job:

Squint is growing our team with a Staff Backend Engineer! In this role, you’ll build scalable and efficient backend systems and infrastructure to power our cutting-edge platform. As a Staff Software Engineer on our engineering-led, growth-stage team, you’ll play a key role in shaping our technology stack, influencing product roadmap decisions, and collaborating on design. As an early team member, you’ll also help foster a world-class engineering culture—one that values collaboration, craft, and impact.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver consistently effective engineering work and sound product decisions that offer differentiating performance for our customers and set a high standard of craft and execution in Engineering

  • Deliver timely, technically sound, scalable architecture; collaborate with Engineering leadership on system architecture decisions, and demonstrate excellence in all phases of the development life cycle.

  • Use your significant professional expertise as a Software Engineer to contribute to the team’s progress across all technical aspects of development at Squint; including mentorship and effective feedback that builds trust among the team.

  • Collaborate with product management, design, and customers as stakeholders for your work; representing the Engineering function in these partnerships as needed.

  • Help build a world-class engineering culture, including all of the stages involved in bringing a product from concept or idea through market release and beyond.

  • Share knowledge of our craft effectively as a part of a curious and ambitious culture of growth.

  • Flexibly contribute to get the job done – we’re a startup!

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer; having worked as a Senior, Staff, or Principal Engineer (or equivalent) in prior companies

  • Track record of creating scalable, performant, and well-documented software

  • Experience with the following areas (or related technologies): 

    • Modern web/backend technologies: React, Typescript, Node, Next, Python

    • Cloud platforms/infrastructure: GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Nginx

    • Databases: Relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and Non-relational (MongoDB, Firestore)

    • Integrations with large-scale enterprise systems like IBM, SAP, Oracle

  • Proficient with (or excited about) AI-enabled developer tooling such as Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Devin.ai

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent professional experience in technical best practices

  • High energy, clarity of communication, curiosity, and empathy

  • Team-oriented, collaborative, and high-ownership mindset

  • Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment

Benefits:

Based out of our office in San Francisco, we love the energy of in-person collaboration while also offering the flexibility to work from home when needed.

  • Competitive Salary and Equity 

  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental care 

  • Mental Health Services 

  • Flexible PTO Policy

  • Maven Family Planning Benefits

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan 

  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit for Parking & Public Transit 

  • Wellness Benefit

  • Company-wide Retreats

A final note

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Squint is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds without regard to race, gender, age, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage you to apply even if you're not quite sure you fit all the requirements for the role!

Ready to redefine the future? Join us at Squint and be a part of something revolutionary.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Docker
Firestore
GCP
MongoDB
MySQL
Next
Nginx
Node.js
Postgres
Python
React
Typescript
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The Company
San Jose, CA
52 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Squint is a Manufacturing Intelligence Platform that the world's leading manufacturers use to capture expert knowledge, unlock operator performance, and analyze production insights. Operators love Squint because it uniquely combines spatial computing, LLMs, and human expertise into a magical experience.

Our story starts with manufacturing, a $7T industry that is the foundation of the world as we know it. Faced with a generational inflection point, the industry is in need of a new wave of technology that bridges the knowledge gap between the retiring and incoming workforce.

Squint’s mission is to accelerate human potential by bringing digital knowledge into the real world

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