Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend and Infra
Haize Labs · New York, NY
$200,000–$300,000from the description
Jul 25, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend and infrastructure engineering role focused on building and scaling the systems that power an AI reliability platform. Day-to-day work centers on architecting distributed infrastructure capable of orchestrating large volumes of LLM calls, deploying research models into production tooling, and working directly with customers on evaluation workflows. The role suits a seasoned engineer with a strong distributed systems background who is comfortable taking on technical leadership responsibilities.
Staff level · 7+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 330 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 250–430
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is titled 'Staff+', explicitly signaling Staff or above; the scope (setting technical direction for the company, mentoring, cross-org leadership) and the 7+ years requirement (including 3+ years leading large initiatives) support a Staff classification.
The SOC is Medium-confidence because the role is a genuine hybrid of backend software development (building scalable systems, orchestrating LLM calls) and cloud infrastructure engineering (Kubernetes, Terraform, multi-cloud). The primary day-to-day work leans toward building and shipping software, so 15-1252 is preferred over 15-1244.
Python, Go, and Rust are listed as interchangeable options for the required backend language proficiency; Python is named first and is the most common in AI/ML contexts.
AWS, GCP, and Azure are listed together as examples of required cloud platform knowledge; AWS is named first and used as the primary skill with the others as alternatives.
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis are explicitly called out as the company's current database stack under the requirements section, so all three are marked required.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent practical experience', which means equivalent experience is accepted in lieu of a degree — treated as no hard degree gate.
AI/ML experience and GPU-based model training/serving infrastructure appear under the 'Strong candidates may also' section — treated as preferred.
The role is strictly in-person in NYC (6 days/week); remote is false.
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