Blaze Talent · 4 months ago
Staff Engineer | Next-generation AI creative tooling | NYC / Brooklyn
New York
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expBlaze Talent is seeking a Staff Engineer to join their founding engineering team in Brooklyn, NY. In this high-impact role, you will architect and build systems and features for their flagship product, focusing on innovative solutions in the generative AI space.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and maintain core product systems and features
Work directly with the founding team to establish engineering best practices and long-term technical direction
Build rich, interactive applications with an emphasis on performance and usability
Context-switch across the stack — from frontend polish to backend infrastructure
Debug and optimize distributed systems supporting complex creative workflows
Solve challenging technical problems creatively, innovating where necessary
Qualification
Required
Full-Stack Mastery: Comfortable across frontend and backend, from editing CSS to tuning database queries
Frontend Expertise: Advanced skills with React, JavaScript/Typescript, HTML, CSS, and modern build systems (Webpack, ES6, etc)
Backend Strength: Experience with Node.js and Postgres in production environments
Systems Knowledge: Proven experience designing, deploying, and debugging distributed systems
Product Focus: Deep experience building polished, interactive apps with high attention to design detail
Problem-Solver: Strong ability to tackle hard engineering challenges and drive solutions
Experience: 8+ years in engineering roles, with proven impact at scale
Preferred
ML Familiarity (Nice-to-Have): Exposure to ML-powered tools with user-friendly interfaces
Company
Blaze Talent
Blaze Talent is a boutique recruiting firm that partners with pre-seed to late-stage startups to scale their teams with top talent through embedded recruiting, contingent search, and retained search.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase