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Founding Staff Software Engineer

ROE, San Mateo, California

Posted pay

$160K–$200K

a year

Location: San Mateo, California
Work type: Not given
Level: Staff
Experience: 5+ years
Skills in the job text: Python
AWS
Kubernetes
GCP
Azure
Posted: Oct 6, 2025
Last check: 6 h ago
Job type: Software engineering

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What you will do

Build AI agent platform to serve risk and compliance in trillion-dollar financial industry (don't worry if you don't know anything about finance)
Build mission critical features for Fortune 500 customers
Operate as one team: own problems end-to-end, review each other’s code, and move quickly.

What you need

You may be a great fit if

You’re a new grad hungry to learn, or an industry veteran tired of red tape and ready to bet on upside.

You want to learn how to build a startup from the inside.

You’re comfortable with: Python, Cursor, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), and agent frameworks.

People describe you as obsessed, curious, and resourceful.

Requirements

At least 5+ year software engineer work experience.
3+ year infrastructure on cloud expertise
Big plus on hands-on experience on kubernetes
Have led 5-people + projects
Tracked history of getting along well with PMs and Designers.
Communicative to internal stakeholders and external customers

What you won’t do

Bureaucracy. No 3-month approvals to launch a feature.
Politics. No fighting other teams for headcount or scope.
Build for the void. We ship what customers actually need.

This role isn’t for you if

You’re looking to rest & vest.
You can’t commit to intense weeks (we sometimes run 6-day sprints).
You’re not among the top 5% builders in your network.
You can’t be in the office 3 days/week (hybrid in SF Bay Area).

Pay and benefits

Epic offsites (e.g., Napa Valley Wine Train, speed sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge).
Daily lunch stipend—order what you actually want.
Medical, dental, vision, and standard insurance.
Hybrid work: in-office collaboration + focused WFH days.

About ROE

ROE is a hypergrowth startup in the SF Bay Area building Cursor for Financial Compliance. Today, ROE is trusted by multiple public companies representing $400B+ in combined market cap.

Y Combinator, Google AI Ventures, Ardent Ventures, the CEO of Snowflake, and senior leaders from LinkedIn and top fintechs back us.

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Compared with similar jobs

This base pay is below the median for staff software engineering jobs in the Bay Area.

Median: $240K a year
Other jobs in the group: 704

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