daydream · 11 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$230K/yr - $280K/yrdaydream is building the world’s best SEO agent, paired with the top 1% of human experts. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll provide technical leadership across the product while remaining deeply hands-on, partnering closely with the CTO to shape system architecture and guide execution.
ContentInformation TechnologyMarketingSaaSSearch EngineSoftware
Responsibilities
Act as the technical lead for day-to-day engineering execution across the team
Partner with the CTO to organize, prioritize, and sequence engineering work
Design and evolve core system architecture, guiding implementation decisions
Review pull requests and set standards for code quality, reliability, and maintainability
Identify technical risks early and propose pragmatic, scalable solutions
Mentor engineers through technical guidance, feedback, and example
Improve engineering workflows to increase speed without sacrificing quality
Work primarily across backend systems, data pipelines, and AI-enabled services, using Python, TypeScript, and C#, deployed on Google Cloud
Qualification
Required
Significant experience building and operating production software systems
Strong engineering judgment and comfort with making architectural tradeoffs
Experience owning systems end-to-end, from design through long-term maintenance
Ability to lead through influence, code, and technical decision-making rather than people management
Preferred
Experience in a Staff or Senior Engineer role at a high-growth company
Background in building distributed systems or complex backend platforms
Familiarity with AI-enabled or data-intensive systems
Strong written and verbal communication skills
A consistently high bar for code quality, reliability, and technical excellence
Benefits
Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with HSA and FSA options, plus One Medical, Talkspace, and Teladoc
Commuter benefit includes a monthly reimbursement to support your commute to the office
Meals on us include lunch reimbursement on in-office days, with dinner covered when you're working late
Personal well-being includes an annual stipend for gym, fitness classes, therapy, and wellness expenses
Learning and development includes an annual stipend for books, courses, and classes to support your growth
Team retreats include two company retreats per year to connect, collaborate, and reset
Monthly team time includes regular dinners and outings to spend time together
Dog-friendly office (we have corgis)
Company
daydream
daydream builds your organic growth engine for the AI Search era.
Founded in 2023
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
daydream has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$6.22M2024-05-20Seed· $6.22M
Leadership Team
Thenuka Karunaratne
CEO and Co-Founder
Shravan Rajinikanth
CTO & Co-Founder
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