Software Engineering Lead

5 days ago

Palo Alto, California, United States Pear VC Full time $240,000 - $400,000
About Us

We are a well-funded SF Bay Area startup backed by tier-1 investors. We build developer tools and AI-powered platforms for complex enterprise software (code generation, workflow automation, and enterprise-grade deployments). Join a talent-dense founding team in a technical leadership role with meaningful equity and real growth upside at the intersection of ERP and artificial intelligence.

Role Summary

Define architecture, standards, and deliver solutions end to end. This hybrid, generalist role blends core platform design in cloud (AWS/Azure) data and application architecture with hands on, customer facing delivery. You will lead builds across services, AI and agent workflows, and integrations with enterprise systems, owning quality and reliability.

  • Cloud and Systems Design with depth in building secure, scalable systems across networking, autoscaling, multi tenant patterns. Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CDK and strong observability with metrics, tracing, logs, and SLOs.

  • Application Engineering Strong and TypeScript for APIs and services. Proficiency with Postgres and experience with vector databases such as pgvector, Pinecone, or Milvus for retrieval and semantic search.

  • Experience orchestrating agentic workflows and retrieval augmented generation. Familiarity with LangGraph is a plus.

  • DevOps and Delivery Solid engineering practices including CI/CD with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, automated testing, code reviews, trunk based development. Comfortable with Docker and modern release management.

  • Hands on use of AI tools with clear ideas for applying AI to development, testing, data, and support.

  • Ownership mentality, crisp communication, comfortable deciding with 80 percent information.

  • Move fast without breaking things, not afraid to learn new stacks, bring a we will figure it out attitude.

Why Join

  • Direct product and company impact with minimal bureaucracy.

  • High bar for craft, velocity, and pragmatic shipping.

Logistics

  • Total compensation: $240,000 to $400,000

  • Base salary: $160,000 to $250,000 plus meaningful founding equity

  • Location: In person, San Francisco Bay Area

  • Visa Support/Sponsorship available

  • Lead Software Engineer

    4 days ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States JPMorganChase Full time

    DescriptionAs a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase with in the Consumer & Community Banking team , You are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology...

  • Lead Software Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States hackajob Full time $152,000 - $215,000 per year

    hackajob*is collaborating withJ.P. Morgan*to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.Base Pay/SalaryPalo Alto,CA $152,000.00-$215,000.00Job DescriptionWe have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.As a Lead Software Engineer - React Developer at JPMorgan Chase...

  • Lead Software Engineer- Data Warehousing- Snowflake

    3 days ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States hackajob Full time

    hackajob*is collaborating withJ.P. Morgan*to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.Base Pay/SalaryPalo Alto,CA $152,000.00-$215,000.00; Jersey City,NJ $152,000.00-$215,000.00Job DescriptionWe have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.As a Lead Software Engineer...

  • Software Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States xAI Full time

    About xAIxAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational...

  • Software Engineer, Cloud

    4 days ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States 1X Technologies AS Full time

    We're scaling humanoid robots from prototypes to global deployment. Every robot, every customer, and every internal operation depends on the software you and your team will build.You will own all systems that connect the digital and physical layers, deployment tools, fleet management, customer interfaces, and internal operations platforms. The mission is...

  • Software Engineer, Frontend

    19 hours ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States 1X Technologies AS Full time

    Job description Frontend Software Engineer, Software | Web & Mobile InterfacesPalo Alto, CA (on-site)About 1XWe build humanoid robots that work alongside people to solve labor shortages and create abundance.The RoleWe're seeking a Frontend Software Engineer to build and improve web and mobile applications that shape user interaction with our humanoid...

  • Software Engineer III

    19 hours ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States JPMorganChase Full time

    DescriptionWe have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. As a Software Engineer III - Python/AWS/Snowflake at JPMorganChase within the Data Platforms team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable,...

  • Software Engineer

    1 week ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States Luma AI Full time

    The Opportunity Luma AI is a capital-intensive lab building the future of creative intelligence. We have raised over $1.3 billion to fuel our mission. We operate with a lean, elite engineering team. This unique position offers you the leverage to build systems of immense scale while retaining individual ownership over the architecture and strategy of our...

  • Software Engineer III

    3 days ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States JPMorganChase Full time

    JOB DESCRIPTIONWe have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.As a Software Engineer III - Python/AWS/Snowflake at JPMorganChase within the Data Platforms team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable,...

  • Software Engineer, Safety

    2 weeks ago

    Palo Alto, California, United States Xai Full time $200,000 - $350,000 per year

    About xAIxAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational...