Senior Software Engineer II

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who builds with AI as a core part of their workflow, not as an afterthought. In this role, you'll work directly with founders and executive leadership to take new ideas from zero to one at AI-accelerated speed. You should be comfortable working across the stack, moving quickly from idea to working software, and using AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to dramatically accelerate your output.

This isn't about prompting a chatbot. We want someone who understands how to decompose problems, architect solutions, and use AI tooling to handle the tedious parts so they can focus on the hard parts. You should have strong engineering fundamentals, the judgment to know when AI-generated code is good enough and when it needs a human eye, and the ability to navigate the ambiguity that comes with building something that doesn't exist yet. For San Francisco-based area candidates, this would be a hybrid role with 2-3 days in office at our Morgan Hill, CA office for collaboration.

What you will do:

• Take new ideas from 0 to 1 by building innovative prototypes, validating them quickly, and shipping the ones that work
• Work directly with founders, executives, and engineering leadership to identify high-impact opportunities and turn them into working software
• Use AI-assisted development tools daily as a force multiplier by writing, reviewing, and refactoring code faster without sacrificing quality
• Work across the stack as needed. Frontend, backend, etc
• Engage directly with customers to understand their problems and validate that what you're building actually solves them
• Collaborate closely with product managers and designers in a small-team environment where your input shapes direction, not just implementation
• Contribute to the team's tooling and workflows, helping us get better at building software quickly and reliably
• Operate with a high degree of ownership and autonomy. You won't be waiting around for detailed specs; instead, you'll be helping define what gets built

We are looking for people who have:

• Minimum of 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong fundamentals in at least one modern language (TypeScript, Python, Go, etc.) and genuine comfort working across the stack
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools in your daily workflow, not just experimentation, but real integration into how you build software
• Experience taking products or features from concept to production in environments where the path wasn't fully defined
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. What you've built matters more than where you studied
• Ability to move fast and make pragmatic trade-offs
• Solid understanding of web technologies, APIs, and cloud infrastructure
• Experience with React and TypeScript is a strong plus, given our stack
• Good instincts for code quality, testing, and knowing when "good enough" is actually good enough
• Comfortable talking to customers and translating their needs into technical solutions
• Comfort with ambiguity and fast-changing priorities. You thrive when given a problem, not a prescription

What sets you apart:

• You've taken something from zero to one a product, a feature, a prototype, and can talk about how you navigated the ambiguity to get there
• You've built internal tools, automations, or workflows using AI that made your team meaningfully faster
• You can talk concretely about how AI tools change the way you architect, debug, or review code, and not just that you use them
• Experience with LLM APIs, prompt engineering, or building AI-powered product features
• You've shipped production software in a startup or fast-moving environment
• Background in SaaS, vertical software, or products serving SMBs

In the United States, the range is typically a salary of $175,000 to $200,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. The range provided is Shopmonkey's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount will be based on job-related and non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities. Consult with your Recruiter during the initial call to determine a more targeted range based on these job-related factors. In addition to this base compensation company stock options and benefits as outlined below are included.