Staff Engineer
hcompany
H is a company focused on advancing superintelligence through agentic AI, seeking a Staff Engineer to lead technical architecture and development for their AI platforms. The role emphasizes collaboration, mentorship, and innovation within a hybrid work environment in Paris or London.
Qualification
- Previous demonstrable role(s) as Staff Engineer with relevant set of responsibilities and achievements
- Strong 5+ years of experience in Python backend development (Flask, Django, FastAPI or similar)
- In-depth experience with distributed systems or cloud computing, preferably in AWS
- Experience building and shipping end to end solutions
- Experience building APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) and integrating with external services
- Expertise in relational and non-relational databases
- Experience working with message queueing technologies (SQS/RabbitMQ/Kafka/etc.)
- Solid understanding of coding standards, architectural patterns and test frameworks
- Expertise in instrumentation, observability and monitoring
Responsibility
- Define and lead technical architecture, design, and long-term engineering roadmap.
- Develop and maintain complex, high-performance, and scalable systems.
- Mentor and guide engineers across multiple teams, fostering technical excellence.
- Conduct thorough code and design reviews, ensuring quality and security best practices.
- Collaborate with Research, Engineering, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.
- Drive improvements in system reliability, scalability, and observability.
- Establish and enforce engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
- Champion technical innovation and proactively address technical debt.
