The company describes its work environment as high-growth.
Staff Software Engineer (Backend Focus)
San Francisco +2 · Hybrid$210k – $280k + EquityVisa sponsorship not available
About this role
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with 7-8+ years of experience to architect the core intelligence behind Harmonic's Scout product. This individual will be crucial in defining scalable frameworks for data ingestion, ranking, personalization, and model orchestration, ensuring highly personalized and high-quality results for venture capital firms. They will also lead agentic experimentation and evaluation, pushing the boundaries of AI and LLM integrations in production to redefine software and push on this frontier.
What will you be doing?
Architect the end-to-end sourcing engine from data ingestion, ranking, personalization, and model orchestration.
Define scalable frameworks for retrieval, reranking, and LLM driven evaluation.
Drive technical discovery for emerging technologies like memory systems, schema, prompt libraries, and agentic frameworks.
Partner with product and design to define intuitive and fast LLM powered sourcing patterns.
Mentor and guide engineers, raising the bar for system design, documentation, and technical decision making.
Company at a glance
Harmonic is a startup discovery engine that converts fragmented sources into structured knowledge about startups, investors, and people, mapping the ecosystem and helping the most promising founders get found and funded by the world's largest VC firms.
IndustrySaaS
Team Size11-50
WorkspaceHybrid
StageSeries A
Founded2020
Locations
San Francisco, CA, United States ·Los Angeles, CA, United States ·New York City, NY, United States
Investors
Accel ·Andreessen Horowitz ·Craft Ventures ·Floodgate ·Sozo Ventures
Websiteharmonic.ai
LinkedInLinkedIn
Culture & values
It seeks passionate, driven people who resonate with its values.
Collaboration is enabled directly within Harmonic's Flow platform for sourcing, research, and triage.
There are defined engineering decision-making processes that employees can explore.
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