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Staff Software Engineer, Product

Valence · New York, New York · Remote

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About Valence

Valences AI Powered Leadership Coach allows enterprises to offer executive level coaching at scale. Backed by Bessemer and Insight.

About the role

As a Staff Software Engineer, Product, you will be instrumental in architecting, building, and scaling both backend systems and user-facing experiences that power our LLM-driven coaching platform. You will ship features end-to-end - from designing resilient APIs and integrating models to delivering polished interfaces in the browser - while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and infrastructure.

What they're looking for

  • Strong full stack experience: you have shipped production-grade systems involving both backend and frontend components, and you’re comfortable owning APIs and user experiences end-to-end
  • Technical breadth/ Engineering skills: deep proficiency with Python (Django preferred) or similar languages for backend, strong JavaScript skills and familiarity with modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue)
  • Frontend craftsmanship/ UX obsessed: experience building responsive, high-performance UI with attention to usability and scale
  • Enterprise-grade thinking: you build for scale, performance, security, and maintainability in large, distributed environments
  • Builder at Heart: you’ve architected and shipped production-grade, user-facing systems. You balance polish with speed, knowing when to prioritize craftsmanship and when to push scrappy experiments to learn fast
  • Versatility and pragmatism: you balance sound architectural decisions with a willingness to prototype and iterate quickly when needed
More about this role

Valence has built the only AI native coaching platform for enterprise, offering personalized, expert, and human-like guidance and support to any leader or employee. We’re not just talking about the future of work — we’re building it now, with the most innovative Fortune 500 companies across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology.

Learn more about our work with Microsoft: Valence Brings AI Coaching More Deeply Into the Flow of Work with Microsoft 365

Our focus is on the problems that actually decide whether AI changes how organizations operate — the ones with no playbook, no obvious answers, and no guarantee of success. If you want to be part of the small group that defines how AI transforms the future at a global scale, this is your chance.

And this isn’t for everyone. We’re not looking for people who want predictability or incremental progress. We only want those who are restless at the edge of what’s possible, who get bored when things feel “done,” and who are driven to redefine what AI can mean for leaders, companies, and the world. Because at Valence, the work worth doing is the kind that redefines work itself.

As a Staff Software Engineer, Product, you...

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