Product Engineering Specialist

SENIOR STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER PRODUCT ENGINEERING

Senior Staff Engineer will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction and long-term architecture of the Albert platform. This role is responsible for driving scalable, reliable, and high- impact software engineering that align with business goals and customer needs. The position requires a strong balance of technical depth, execution excellence, and cross-functional leadership to accelerate product development while maintaining high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability

Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership :--

Drive the architectural vision for core product areas across the Albert platform.

Establish durable engineering patterns and frameworks that enable product teams to move quickly with high confidence.

Provide mentorship to Staff, Senior, and Mid-level engineers to up level engineering capabilities across product teams.

Execution Excellence :--

Solve complex, multi-system issues and guide teams through debugging, incident response, and performance improvements.

Lead design reviews, define coding standards, and elevate system observability, reliability, and maintainability.

Drive technical decisions involving tradeoffs between speed, quality, and scalability, bringing clarity to ambiguity.

Identify, priorities, and drive down technical debt that impacts product velocity and quality

Cross-Team Influence & Collaboration :--

Requirements:----

12+ years of software engineering experience

Deep expertise in modern backend technologies, including Node.js, RESTful API design, backend services, and distributed system fundamentals, with strong proficiency across multiple programming languages.

Significant experience with AWS services and modern cloud architectures.

Strong product intuition ability to understand user needs, evaluate tradeoffs, and craft solutions that balance speed with quality.

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About Albert Invent

Albert Invent is a cutting-edge AI-driven software company headquartered in Oakland, California, on a mission to empower scientists and innovators in chemistry and materials science to invent the future faster. Every day, scientists in 30+ countries use Albert to accelerate R&D with AI trained like a chemist, bringing better products to market, faster.

Why Join Albert Invent

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