Build and maintain user interfaces and backends for a generative AI platform, managing the software development lifecycle and ensuring code quality.
We believe AI will usher in a new era of human creativity, thinking, and innovation. Our generative AI platform is purpose-built to drive these outcomes for our customers, giving them the ability to design and create high-impact, high-leverage AI workflows that power their business.
We have solid traction but are still a young company. This role is what you make of it, and your teammates and colleagues will help you every step of the way. You’ll look back on your time at Copy.ai and view it as the most impactful and highest growth phase of your career. There’s a lot to take on, but we trust that you’re up to the challenge.
Copy.ai is a fully remote company. All employees must be able to work 9am-5pm in their timezone, Pacific to Eastern.
We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to build the interface for every day people to interact with generative AI — we believe it’s an opportunity to do career-defining work. You will build the user interface and backend for the latest machine learning technology. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, your primary role will be building our SaaS web application. You will also work on other growth initiatives and products from time to time.
What you'll do:
- Contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle.
- Utilize and contribute to our continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code with quick turnaround times and ownership/accountability
- Create and maintain processes, policies, documents, and the implementation of underlying systems and technologies for application sustainment, security, and privacy
- Establish and support patterns and architectures for our front-end, backend, future applications, and our multi-and-single-tenant instances across cloud providers/platforms
About you:
- 10+ years of both backend and frontend software engineering experience
- Prior experience as a Staff or Principal Engineer or similar role
- Experience with SaaS, marketing tools, creator tools, and/or machine learning products is a plus
- Experience with the entire product development lifecycle, including early-stage
- Proficiency in ReactJS/NextJS/Typescript/NodeJS
- Previous experience at rapidly scaling SaaS startups
- Bonus if you're based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Copy.ai is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We encourage applications from people of all races, religions, national origins, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and ages, as well as veterans and individuals with disabilities.
What We Offer 😎:
👫 A close-knit and collaborative early-stage startup environment where every voice is heard and every opinion matters; 60 team members as of 3/2025
💰 Competitive salary and stock option equity packages; We're a Series A startup
🏥 Excellent Medical Plans to choose from including HSA plans, PPOs, and HMOs from Kaiser and Aetna; Dental and Vision insurance through Guardian; Copy.ai pays up to $800/month per employee for monthly premiums
🏠 100% REMOTE startup! Our team is distributed all over the US and Canada
🛫UNLIMITED PTO; We truly believe in work-life balance and that hard work should be balanced with time for rest and rejuvenation
📈 401k plan and automatic 3% employer contribution starting your 1st day.
💻 Brand new work-sponsored computer
🏝 IRL / In-Person retreats throughout the year
Top Skills
Nextjs
Node.js
React
Typescript
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