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About Luminai

Nearly every large organization in the world still relies on manual work to carry out critical internal processes. These are processes that keep the world going — enrolling patients in a hospital, underwriting loans inside a bank, or processing new transactions for an airline. Yet most companies don’t have enough resources to properly automate these tasks and are stuck in manual, decades old way of doing things.

At Luminai, we develop technology to automate long-form organization wide workflows of any complexity easily and safely using AI. Luminai serves some of the world’s most critical organizations in sectors like Healthcare, Finance, and Telecommunication to delegate mission-critical workflows that previously required hands-on human involvement, over to autonomous AI systems. Our approach combines frontier AI development, with a purpose built workflow execution engine to acheive this goal.

About the Role

As a Staff Engineer on Platform, you will design the core service layer and abstractions that power the end user facing service and automation engine.

What you might work on

• Creating custom DSLs and associated parsers, compilers to develop new program specifications

• Designing a high-throughput, reliable execution engine across large clusters; Architecting and maintaining distributed computing environments.

• Simplify system bottlenecks and proactively re-architect key system components before they create issues in production

• Lead core technical initiatives setting high quality foundations in the codebase

• Help champion high performance engineering foundations and practices

Requirements

• A minimum of 7+ years of experience as a software engineer, that involves spearheading zero to one engineering projects

• Direct experience designing and implementing high performance systems in production, and an understanding of how to navigate key architectural trade-offs

• Prior experience or familiarity with modern infrastructure stack (Kafka, Kubernetes, Spark etc.)

• Knowledge of parallel computing concepts and distributed systems

• Exceptional problem-solving skills up and down the stack

Bonus

• MS or PhD in CS from a top school or equivalent research experience

• Knowledge or interest in compilers, interpreters and design of programming languages

Location: San Mateo, CA / Remote (Global)

Benefits & Perks:

• Comprehensive health care benefits (medical, dental, vision)

• Flexible time off + 9 paid company holidays

• Financial planning support (401K, HSA, FSA)

• 12 weeks primary-caregiver parental leave; 6 weeks secondary-caregiver parental leave

• Stipends for mental and physical wellness

Luminai is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees are respected and valued. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and believe that diverse perspectives and experiences strengthen our team and enhance our ability to serve our customers.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability in the interview process, please contact us at careers@luminai.com.