Staff Software Engineer

LightTable

. Ship complete features end to end across AI, web, backend, and infrastructure .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeDenver • Colorado • United StatesLead💰 $240,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building and optimizing AI workflows, particularly with LLMs and modern web technologies like React and Python (FastAPI). Proven ability to mentor engineers, make technical decisions, and maintain high standards for code quality and design.

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LLM DevelopmentReact DevelopmentPython (FastAPI)AI Coding ToolsTechnical Direction

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Hard Skills

Code QualityDesign ReviewsArchitectural TradeoffsData ScienceMachine LearningExperiment DesignAPI OptimizationProduction Systems OwnershipFull-Stack DevelopmentTechnical Feedback

Soft Skills

MentoringProduct ThinkingComfort with AmbiguityCollaborationAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

Pydantic AIClaude CodeOpenAI CodexGantt ChartsField Data

Industry Keywords

Startup ExperienceEngineering GrowthValue EngineeringPermitting WorkflowsConstruction Workflows

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ship complete features end to end across AI, web, backend, and infrastructure
Take features from ambiguous problem to production across React, Python (FastAPI), and LLM pipelines
Write and review code daily, including design reviews and architectural tradeoffs
Mentor senior engineers by example
Partner with the CTO, architecture tech lead, pod leads, domain experts, design partners, and customers
Own technical decisions, design reviews, architecture, scope, sequencing, and code quality for a feature area
Build and debug agentic LLM workflows using Pydantic AI
Improve AI output through evaluation, data, and feedback loops
Build structured understanding from high-resolution drawing sets
Triangulate across drawings, contracts, specifications, purchase orders, Gantt charts, and field data
Optimize long-running, fan-out-heavy jobs and associated API calls and compute
Build platform foundations for engineering growth
Establish reusable patterns, architecture proposals, and pragmatic tooling
Prepare the platform for estimating, value engineering, permitting, construction, and operations workflows

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years coding professionally with deep hands-on ownership of production systems
Senior staff-level technical depth (roughly P6/L6)
Experience owning large systems and setting technical direction as an individual contributor
Startup experience where code, data, product, and design overlap
Strong computer science fundamentals
Fluency in data science and machine learning concepts, including overfitting and experiment design
Experience building with LLMs, or clear willingness to do so
Strong experience with modern React and Python (FastAPI), or transferable full-stack depth
Daily use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code or OpenAI Codex
Product thinking and some design sense
High bar for code quality and design; comfort giving direct technical feedback
Broad technical expertise and deep technical curiosity
Comfort with ambiguity, multiple hats, and a changing organization
Based in the Denver Metro area; Boulder is acceptable
Must work in the downtown Denver office Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company
Opportunity to shape the engineering organization
Work with a deeply technical CTO
Build an AI-first product alongside architecture and construction domain experts
Real impact through partnerships with major developers and contractors