We do not expect every candidate to meet every point below. If this role excites you and you bring most of it, we encourage you to apply.
- Proficiency in Go, writing clean, testable code that accounts for edge cases and error handling, plus clear design docs and thoughtful code reviews.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver features independently across a backend or platform codebase, from implementation through testing and into a release.
- Working knowledge of distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure, such as Kubernetes, containers, and service APIs (gRPC or HTTP). Experience with durable state, concurrency, or streaming is a plus.
- A personal AI-assisted development workflow you can walk through, with a clear sense of where it helps, where it breaks, and its risks, such as prompt injection and excessive agent permissions.
- Interest in agent infrastructure, such as agent loops, tool use, MCP, model providers, or evaluation. Prior experience building on or contributing to an AI platform or open source project is a plus.
- Ideally, a product engineering mindset: curious about users and their problems, comfortable questioning requirements, and motivated by shipping something people use.
- AI-first mindset: builds AI into the development workflow to accelerate delivery, improve the quality of what ships, and rethink how problems get solved.
- Communication: excellent written and verbal communication, able to explain complex technical ideas clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Startup mentality and intrinsic motivation: self-directed and hands-on, thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, and drives clarity through action.
Compensation: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $157,500 - $192,500. In addition to base salary, this role offers equity and a comprehensive benefits package.
Why Join Us?
At Stacklok, we believe great technology is built by teams that support, challenge, and inspire one another. We are AI maximalists, confident in AI’s potential and committed to building technology people can trust. We use AI in our own work and experiment openly.
You’ll build alongside people with deep experience in open source, cloud-native technologies, security, and developer tools. We stay close to customers, use our own products, and share what we learn to keep improving. You’ll have room to make decisions, support when you need it, and teammates who push themselves to do their best work.
We offer competitive compensation and equity, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, and a flexible hybrid or remote work environment. Our benefits include flexible PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave, along with team offsites to collaborate and connect in person.
If you’re excited about what we’re building and want to work with people who care about their craft, community, and each other, we’d love to hear from you.
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