Staff Engineer | Next-generation AI creative tooling | NYC / Brooklyn
Blaze TalentNew York, New York, United States
Posted August 27, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Blaze Talent is a boutique recruiting firm that partners with startups to scale their teams with top talent through embedded recruiting, contingent search, and retained search. With a team of experienced recruiters, we provide strategic support and deliver high-quality results, offering cost savings compared to traditional search fees. Our services include embedded recruiting, where we integrate into your team, contingent search for technical roles, and retained search for high-level IC and leadership positions. Founded by Will Blaze, a seasoned recruiter with experience at Peloton, Meta, and other top companies, we've successfully placed top talent in various roles, from mid-level to executive suite.
Job Description
Staff Engineer position to architect and build entire systems and features as part of the founding engineering team. High-impact role with significant ownership across the stack, designing and implementing scalable systems while helping set engineering standards for the company.
Requirements
- Full-Stack Mastery: Comfortable across frontend and backend, from editing CSS to tuning database queries.
- Frontend Expertise: Advanced skills with React, JavaScript/Typescript, HTML, CSS, and modern build systems (Webpack, ES6, etc).
- Backend Strength: Experience with Node.js and Postgres in production environments.
- Systems Knowledge: Proven experience designing, deploying, and debugging distributed systems.
- Product Focus: Deep experience building polished, interactive apps with high attention to design detail.
- Problem-Solver: Strong ability to tackle hard engineering challenges and drive solutions.
- ML Familiarity (Nice-to-Have): Exposure to ML-powered tools with user-friendly interfaces.
- Experience: 8+ years in engineering roles, with proven impact at scale.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary ($230K–$250K+)
- Equity