Software Engineer (SWE)

Full-time
On-site
$180,000-220,000/yr
San Francisco, CA

Benefits

Equity / Stock Options

Job description

Software Engineer (Full Stack)

šŸ“ Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site)
šŸ’¼ Employment Type: Full-time
šŸ’° Competitive Compensation + Equity
šŸ›‚ Visa Sponsorship Available

About the Role

We're looking for exceptional Software Engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy building products end-to-end. This role offers the opportunity to work across the full stack—one week you may be prototyping new AI-driven systems, the next optimizing distributed infrastructure, building scalable backend services, or creating intuitive frontend experiences.

You'll collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, and product teams to solve challenging technical problems while shipping production-ready software at high velocity.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications from concept to production.
  • Develop modern user interfaces using React and Next.js.
  • Build scalable backend services using Node.js and/or Python.
  • Design APIs and distributed systems capable of handling large-scale workloads.
  • Work with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and event-driven architectures.
  • Build internal tools and customer-facing products with a strong focus on performance and usability.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to rapidly prototype and deliver new features.
  • Take ownership of projects from architecture through deployment and ongoing improvements.

Required Qualifications

  • 1–4 years of professional software engineering experience.

  • Strong experience with:

    • React
    • Next.js
    • TypeScript / JavaScript
    • Node.js and/or Python
    • Kubernetes
  • Experience building and deploying production-grade applications.

  • Strong understanding of API design, distributed systems, and scalable architectures.

  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a hands-on engineering mindset.

  • Ability to work independently and own projects from start to finish.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience at a high-growth startup or venture-backed technology company.

  • Experience building AI-enabled products or developer platforms.

  • Familiarity with:

    • Kafka
    • Redis
    • Elasticsearch
    • AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform
  • Strong product intuition with experience building customer-facing applications.

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field.

What We're Looking For

  • Builders who enjoy owning products end-to-end.
  • Engineers who move quickly without compromising quality.
  • Strong communicators who collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams.
  • Curious individuals who enjoy solving complex technical challenges.
  • Self-starters who thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

If you're passionate about building impactful products and want to work alongside a talented engineering team solving challenging problems at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

More information

Minimum education level

Bachelor's

Experience level

Junior (1-2 years)

Job skills

Java

C++

Version Control

Cloud Computing

Software Testing

Agile Methodologies

Microservices

Client company information

The client company is confidential. Details will be shared after mutual interest is confirmed.

Company overview

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Crooter

Business Consulting and ServicesĀ·1-10 employees

Crooter is an executive search partner for high growth, venture backed software companies, building the teams behind tomorrow's most ambitious businesses, from founding hires through pre-IPO leadership. We partner with founders, executive teams, and hiring leaders to identify and secure exceptional talent across every function that drives growth, including go to market, engineering, product, design, customer success, operations, executive leadership, and the C suite. Our clients span the software economy, with particular expertise across AI and machine learning, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, developer tools, cybersecurity, data and analytics, fintech, healthtech, and other high growth technology sectors. Every search begins with a strategic hiring brief, not a job advertisement. We don't rely on job boards or high volume outreach. Instead, we headhunt directly, engaging exceptional professionals who are already succeeding in their roles, not simply those actively searching for their next opportunity. Before approaching the market, we work closely with our clients to define the role, align on success criteria, benchmark compensation, and build a clear hiring strategy. This ensures every search starts with clarity, precision, and a shared understanding of what outstanding looks like. We believe great hiring is never transactional. Every search is bespoke, built around the company, its stage of growth, its culture, and the impact the successful hire will make. Our approach combines speed with quality, market intelligence with rigorous assessment, and long term partnerships over short term placements. The result is a recruitment process that delivers exceptional people who create lasting impact. No templates. No scripts. No shortcuts. Just world class executive search for ambitious software companies. šŸ“ Executive Search | Software | Venture Backed Companies šŸ¤ Trusted by founders, executives, and hiring leaders šŸš€ Building exceptional teams from