# Staff Software Engineer, Backend at Gradial

- Company: Gradial
- What the company does: Gradial helps enterprise marketing teams execute campaigns faster with AI agents that author, optimize, tag, and QA work across AEM, Salesforce, Jira, and more. Backed by Insight and Madrona.
- Company website: https://www.gradial.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $175K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-07
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gradial/jobs/4438080009?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gradial-staff-software-engineer-backend/

## About the role

Gradial is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Backend to take on some of the largest, most complex and ambiguous technical problems across our product. You’ll own critical systems from loosely defined problem through architecture and production, building the backend foundations that enable Gradial to deliver increasingly powerful AI-driven workflows. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Lead large, complex technical projects from ambiguous problem definition through architecture, implementation and production
- Architect and build backend systems that power AI-driven workflows, including real-time inference, tool orchestration and long-running processes
- Drive technical direction for critical systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, performance and long-term maintainability
- Turn loosely defined product and technical problems into clear plans, making pragmatic decisions and driving execution without requiring a predefined path
- Build new systems from 0→1 while evolving existing architecture as our product, customers and engineering organization scale
- Establish patterns and abstractions that simplify complex systems and make the broader engineering team more effective

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gradial-staff-software-engineer-backend/