Senior Software Engineer

TruckSmarter

Senior Software Engineer developing AI-powered logistics systems for TruckSmarter. Leading technical architecture and mentoring engineers within an innovative startup environment.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $195,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner closely with product, design, and leadership to define and evolve the architecture for agentic AI systems that scale across multiple product surfaces.
Own the design and delivery of complex features end-to-end, balancing tradeoffs between velocity, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
Lead technical discussions and architectural reviews, ensuring our systems remain robust, extensible, and secure.
Guide the integration of GenAI agents with traditional ML systems (classification, recommendation, optimization) to create hybrid intelligent workflows.
Establish engineering best practices around testing, observability, deployment, and performance monitoring for AI-driven features.
Proactively identify product and infrastructure bottlenecks, propose innovative solutions, and drive them to completion.
Mentor and coach other engineers, raising the technical bar of the team.
Stay ahead of emerging AI frameworks and technologies, evaluating and introducing them when they create real product advantage.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of industry experience, including leading projects end-to-end.
Demonstrated ability to design, build, and ship complex, production-grade systems.
Extremely curious about LLMs and Agentic AI architectures.
Experience in fast-paced, startup environments where you’ve had to wear multiple hats.
A track record of mentoring engineers and shaping team practices.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (or equivalent practical experience).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full health, dental and vision coverage
Daily catered lunch provided in-office, plus dinner covered for anyone working past 6:00pm
Commuter benefits
Flexible PTO
401k
Commuter benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI systems architectureGenAI integrationmachine learningclassificationrecommendationoptimizationtesting best practicesobservabilitydeploymentperformance monitoring

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcoachingproblem-solvinginnovationcommunicationcollaborationcuriosityadaptabilitytechnical discussion

Certifications

Bachelor's degree