# Staff Engineer at Wordware

- Company: Wordware (YC S24)
- What the company does: AI agents you can rely on. Backed by Y Combinator and Felicis.
- Company website: https://wordware.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $280K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wordware/jobs/r5nar82-staff-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/wordware-staff-engineer/

## About the role

You've seen what happens when systems hit scale, and you know which parts to rebuild before they break. This isn't a management role. You're the most experienced builder on the team, and the CTO's partner on every architectural decision that matters. Sauna's architecture works today. It won't be optimal at 1000x the current load with 50x the integration surface. You'll make the calls that shape what it becomes. Here are a few examples:

## What they're looking for

- You have strong opinions on agent runtimes (Durable Objects vs. actors vs. microservices) and deployment strategies for long-running processes
- You've worked with Cloudflare Workers at scale
- You've contributed to or maintained significant open source projects

Tags: Engineering