# Staff Engineer at Locus

- Company: Locus
- What the company does: Give your AI agent one account for thousands of paid APIs and data sources, billed per call with no separate subscriptions or keys. Backed by Y Combinator and Techstars.
- Company website: https://paywithlocus.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-26
- Apply by: 2026-11-10
- Apply: https://locus.freshteam.com/jobs/drDcXaKEhOp6/staff-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/locus-staff-engineer/

## About the role

You own core systems end to end. Architecture to production. Here's what that looks like day to day: Own one or more core systems end-to-end reliability, performance, scalability. Not just the code. The whole thing.

## What they're looking for

- Must-Haves
- Strong CS fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and problem-solving
- 8+ years of experience in backend development with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and microservices architecture
- Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, distributed systems, and REST/gRPC APIs
- Proven track record of building and maintaining scalable, reliable, high-performance systems
- Solid understanding of concurrency, multithreading, and asynchronous processing