Staff Software Engineer

About the Company

Unstructured is defining the standard for enterprise data transformation in the age of LLMs and generative AI. Their open-source toolkit is used by 90% of the Fortune 1000 to transform various document types into AI-ready data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect the technical vision and long-term strategy for complex, high-impact systems
• Write production-ready code and lead projects that drive significant impact
• Mentor engineers across the organization and set standards for clean design and scalable patterns
• Solve deep technical challenges involving orchestration at scale and data flow optimization
• Align engineering, product, and go-to-market teams around a shared technical roadmap

Requirements

• 7 to 10+ years of experience shipping production systems in high-growth, high-scale environments
• Deep technical experience in cloud-native systems (AWS/GCP/Azure) and distributed architectures
• Strong understanding of cloud security fundamentals including IAM and secrets management
• Hands-on experience with authentication and authorization systems (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT, RBAC/ABAC)
• Experience integrating with enterprise identity providers and directory services (LDAP, Active Directory, SCIM)
• Proven track record of leading major technical initiatives and mentoring engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in AI/ML systems, unstructured data, or real-time pipelines
• Expertise in Kubernetes, IaC, or scaling SaaS infrastructure
• Strong background in security, privacy, and risk management (GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2)
• Experience in fast-moving startup environments