Lily AI · 7 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $240K/yr
10+ years expLily AI is a female-founded retail AI company empowering retailers and brands by bridging the gap between merchant-speak and customer-speak. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and develop scalable platforms and services focused on driving business impact, while raising the bar for technical excellence.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)E-CommerceFashion
Responsibilities
Design, architect and implement APIs and platform services that are reliable, performant, and scalable to handle large volumes of data and customers
Engage in architectural discussions, influence the roadmap, and take ownership of key projects and initiatives
Technically lead, mentor and provide guidance to team members to optimize current designs, data models, workflows, and APIs
Work cross-functionally with engineering leaders, product managers, ML scientists and other stakeholders to build end-to-end solutions
Champion best practices in design, coding, testing, monitoring and documentation
Maintain high operational awareness of our entire platform, lead and participate in assessing and resolving incidents
Qualification
Required
10+ years of software engineering experience
Proficiency in Java, J2EE, REST, Web Services and experience optimizing various data storages, including relational and document databases
Deep understanding of microservice architectures, containers, orchestration systems, stream processing systems (like Kinesis, Kafka)
Experience scaling backend architectures and monitoring production health and costs
Experience working with Agentic AI, RAG and LLMs
Strong product sense, with the ability to make well-reasoned tradeoffs between speed and quality to create an enduring platform
Exceptional attention to detail and analytical skills, with the ability to detect and diagnose anomalies, errors, or issues
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate in an energetic cross-functional group
Ability to mentor and elevate the skills of your team members
Company
Lily AI
Lily AI is the platform that bridges the gap between brand-speak and customer-speak to drive growth for commerce companies.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (4)
2024 (6)
2023 (7)
2022 (9)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$71.9MKey Investors
Conductive VenturesCanaan PartnersUnshackled Ventures
2024-03-14Series B· $20M
2023-12-26Series Unknown· $12.4M
2022-06-09Series B· $25M
Leadership Team
Purva Gupta
Co-founder & CEO
Sowmiya Chocka Narayanan
Co Founder & CTO
Recent News
2025-08-14
2025-07-26
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