Harmonic
Harmonic
Staff Software Engineer (Backend Focus)
Full-time
Hybrid
$210K - $280K
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.

in backend software engineering, building distributed systems or large scale backend architecture
Salary
$210K - $280K
Equity
Competitive equity
Visa sponsorship not available
Can sponsor H1B (not O-1)
Hybrid work policy
3 days in-office in New York
Full-time position
Location
New York
Tech stack
dbt, Postgres, Python, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, TypeScript, React, elasticsearch
About Harmonic

About us

Harmonic is the startup discovery engine. We believe in innovation, entrepreneurs, and efficient capital markets. It pains us to see great startup opportunities consistently go undiscovered. So, we dedicated ourselves to mapping out the startup landscape and building the index and tools that ensure the most promising founders get found and funded.


The world's largest and most prolific venture capital firms rely on us to find and invest in the next Google, AirBnB, Uber, Stripe, and Anduril. We play a crucial part in ensuring hundreds of billions of dollars get routed efficiently and that the innovations the world would most benefit from materialize.


We’ve been growing steadily and need passionate driven people to help us get to the next level. If you want to work in a high-growth environment with some of the most talented folks on the planet and resonate with our values, read on.

Team size

45 employees

Founded

2020

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Total funding

$30 million

Company locations

NYC
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About the team

We’ve been growing steadily and need passionate driven people to help us get to the next level. If you want to work in a high-growth environment with some of the most talented folks on the planet and resonate with our values, read on.


To learn more about the team:

  • Explore Working with Sang

  • Explore the Team Page. We’re a mix of ex-founders and seasoned engineers from top engineering institutions like Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Meta.

Role responsibilities
Influence and execute the overall vision of Harmonic’s offerings by collaborating with Product & Design to create products that help customers discover startups.
Translate the needs of our customers by deeply understanding their needs and innovating our product features and services to exceed their expectations, ultimately enhancing their experience.
"Get Shit Done" by working on every layer of our stack, proactively troubleshooting, and solving any issues that stand in the way of our customers gaining maximum value from our product.
Tech stack
dbt, Postgres, Python, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, TypeScript, React, elasticsearch
Employee benefits
Top of the line health, dental and vision insurance, with 100% premium covered
401k matching
Free lunch when in office
Monthly social budget for each office
Commuter benefits
Quarterly company-wide offsites. Locations so far: Barcelona, Puerto Vallarta, Austin, & Salt Lake City
Offices in NYC, SF, & LA