Senior Software Engineer
$200k - $300k • San Francisco • FullTime
Posted 1y ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
AI Engineer
About the job
At Variance, we are teaching machines to make the hardest judgement calls at scale, building AI agents for the high-precision gray-area of risk investigations, fraud, and identity reviews. We are a small, talent-dense team in San Francisco tackling problems that touch billions of events and entities, serving Fortune 500 companies and global marketplaces. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who wants to own product and technical decisions end-to-end, working directly with the founders to build and scale AI-powered systems where precision, speed, and trust are paramount.
Responsibilities
- Own product features and systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to launch and iteration.
- Lead technical decisions across the stack, balancing speed, quality, maintainability, and scale.
- Build AI-powered interfaces and decision systems that operate in real time with high precision and user trust.
- Work directly with the founders on frontier problems in fraud, abuse, and risk.
- Scale our product into new industries and workflows through rapid pilots, live demos, and fast feedback loops.
- Improve engineering velocity by shaping internal tools, patterns, and standards.
- Help define the technical foundation of the company as we grow.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent.
- Strong opinions about product quality, system design, and code quality.
- Thrive in high-ownership environments and drive projects end-to-end.
- Strong fundamentals and ability to ramp quickly in React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, and ClickHouse.
- Comfortable making pragmatic technical tradeoffs in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Experience building reliable systems at scale and debugging issues in production.
- Enjoy collaborating closely with product, design, and leadership.
- Raise the bar for the team through technical leadership, mentorship, and high standards.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Platinum-level medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO, sick leave, and parental leave
- Up to $100 in reimbursement for personal health & wellness expenses each month
- 401(k) plan