Lightfield

AI-native CRM

Senior/StaffSoftwareEngineer,Product&Systems

$200–300k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Product & Systems at Lightfield. Skills: Building highly scalable, performant, and reliable features and systems, Delivering exceptionally innovative AI product experiences, Applied AI systems development, Large Language Models (LLMs). Build and maintain complex full-stack product features and systems, end-to-end. Ensure reliability, scalability, and performance”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive requirements into technical execution; Deliver industry-leading solutions; Ensure our CRM is intuitive, intelligent, and indispensable

Industry & Context.

AI native CRM
Problems you'll solve

Identify critical customer problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience in software development, background in both front-end and back-end technologies, Experience building large-scale, high-performance, and mission-critical systems that support complex customer workflows and large-scale data processing, Excited about Large Language Models (LLMs) and the opportunity to build systems that support and leverage them, Ability to ramp quickly on tech stack that features TypeScript, React, Next. js, Node. js, Apollo GraphQL, and PostgreSQL, Proven ability to design, architect, and scale distributed systems in production environments, fundamentals in software engineering, degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent industry experience), Thrives in ambiguity, able to independently scope, plan, and lead projects while delivering results in a fast-moving environment, Clear communicator, capable of articulating technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, Passionate about building products customers love, ensuring our CRM is intuitive, intelligent, and indispensable

Nice to Have

Founders previously built Tome, a generative AI presentation product used by over 25 million people, Before Lightfield, our team worked on Llama, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Pinterest, Google, and Salesforce

What You'll Do.

Build and maintain complex full-stack product features and systems

Develop observability and metrics

Enable smooth operation

proactive issue detection

and continuous improvement

Conduct thorough code reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with product leaders; Collaborating across functions; Mentor teammates at multiple levels; Contribute to building a world-class engineering team through recruiting, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing

Communication Scope

Clear communicator; Articulating technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Process & Methodology

Independently scope, plan, and lead projects

Full Job Description

ABOUT LIGHTFIELD Lightfield is an AI-native CRM that assembles itself from your email, calendar, and meetings. It captures every interaction and turns it into organized context: accounts, tasks, follow-ups, and insights, so nothing slips through the cracks. We’re rethinking CRM from first principles. Instead of forcing teams to maintain rigid systems, Lightfield learns from how companies actually work, adapting, automating, and surfacing the insight that drives growth. We’re building the CRM platform we always wished existed: fast, intelligent, and genuinely helpful. We are backed by Greylock, Lightspeed, and Coatue, and our founders previously built Tome, a generative AI presentation product used by over 25 million people. Before Lightfield, our team worked on Llama, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Pinterest, Google, and Salesforce. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for an experienced senior/staff engineer (5+ years of experience) who is product-minded, eager to tackle the challenge of building highly scalable, performant, and reliable features and systems that deliver exceptionally innovative AI product experiences. At Lightfield, engineers take end-to-end ownership of projects from inception to impact, collaborating across functions and pushing the envelope on what’s possible in applied AI systems development. You’ll work alongside a talented team to deliver industry-leading solutions and play a key role in shaping Lightfield’s product and technical vision. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Collaborate with product leaders to define strategic initiatives, identify critical customer problems, and drive requirements into technical execution. - Build and maintain complex full-stack product features and systems, end-to-end, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. - Develop observability and metrics to enable smooth operation, proactive issue detection, and continuous improvement. - Lead technical design discussions, mentor teammates at multiple levels, conduct thorough code rev

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