Relevance AI
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StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at Relevance AI. Skills: Staff scope, Architecture, Mentoring teams, Influencing technical direction, Cloud infrastructure, APIs, AI. Lead the design and implementation of complex, production-grade systems that underpin our platform at scale. Own significant platform surface areas end-to-end — from system design through to deployment, observability, and iteration”
What You'll Achieve.
Shipping to customers within hours; Consistently deliver high-quality, high-impact outcomes
Industry & Context.
Solving deep technical problems; Designing robust scalable systems; Own complex, ambiguous problems end-to-end
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience(full-stack or back-end focussed), Clear evidence of operating at Staff scope — driving architecture, mentoring teams, and influencing technical direction across multiple squads or projects, technical foundations in cloud infrastructure and APIs (preferably AWS, Node. js, REST/GraphQL), Comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex requirements into actionable technical strategies, Demonstrated ability to own complex, ambiguous problems end-to-end and consistently deliver high-quality, high-impact outcomes, Customer-centric mindset — you think about reliability, scalability, and the downstream effects of technical decisions on real users, Deep interest in AI and enthusiasm for building category-defining products, Actively leverages AI coding tools in your day-to-day workflow and stays current with the latest developments
Nice to Have
Experience building AI features leveraging LLMs, agent workflows, or AI infrastructure, Experience building enterprise features and systems — IAM, SSO, audit logs, compliance frameworks, or observability, Experience building integrations ecosystems or native third-party connectors, Contributions to open-source projects
What You'll Do.
Lead the design and implementation of complex
production-grade systems that underpin our platform at scale
Own significant platform surface areas end-to-end — from system design through to deployment
Shaping how we build as we scale
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Architectural guidance and cross-team technical leadership; Partner with product, go-to-market, and engineering leadership to translate customer and business requirements into clear technical strategies; Mentor and level-up engineers within and beyond your immediate team; Close collaboration with product and customer-facing teams
Communication Scope
Comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Own complex projects end-to-end, Lead complex projects end-to-end
Full Job Description
Location 📍: Sydney, AU, Hybrid (3 days in office required) About Us 🚀 At Relevance AI, we’re building the home of the AI workforce. Our mission is simple: empower every team to delegate meaningful work to AI agents that think, act, and collaborate like experts. With Relevance AI, anyone can create and manage intelligent agents that handle workflows, decisions, and collaboration - all within one unified platform. Our technology already powers industry leaders such as Canva, Databricks, Confluent, Autodesk, Lightspeed, Rakuten, Aveva, Qualified, and Activision Blizzard, helping them scale excellence across operations, marketing, and sales. We’re backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Peak XV, and King River Capital, and raised our Series B in April 2025 to accelerate growth and push the boundaries of agentic automation. Headquartered in San Francisco and Sydney, we operate on a hybrid model and thrive on curiosity, collaboration, and execution - we move fast, think big, and win together. In 2025, we were proud to be named LinkedIn’s #1 Startup in Australia. If you want to define how the world works with AI, join us. The Role 🥳 We’re hiring for Staff Software Engineers (Full-Stack / Back-End) to work across our core engineering teams in Sydney. Each team at Relevance AI is tackling a different frontier of the AI workforce — from the core agent and tool builder experience, to the conversational layer that powers real-time agentic chat, to the enterprise-grade platform capabilities that serve our largest and most demanding customers. Regardless of where you land, you'll be building systems that make AI usable, reliable, and production-ready. Our roles would be ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving deep technical problems, designing robust scalable systems, and owning complex projects end-to-end in close collaboration with product and customer-facing teams. In return, you'll receive real autonomy and trust: shipping to customers within hours,
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