# Staff Software Engineer - Backend at ZeroDrift

- Company: ZeroDrift
- What the company does: ZeroDrift checks everything AI says against regulations like SEC, FINRA, and HIPAA plus your own company policies, then fixes or blocks violations before they're sent. Backed by a16z speedrun.
- Company website: https://zerodrift.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zerodriftinc/jobs/4415019009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zerodrift-staff-software-engineer-backend/

## About the role

You build the systems that let any app or AI agent ask ZeroDrift, in milliseconds, whether a message is allowed. You own how agents and developers connect to us, and the backend that keeps every rule current. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role with real say over the architecture. You will be one of our first engineers, shaping the architecture of a new category, with the ownership and equity upside to match.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years building and running production backends at scale
- Strong in a modern backend language (for example Go, Python, Java, or Node)
- Solid with APIs, distributed systems, databases, queues, and caching
- Comfortable with cloud, containers, and CI/CD
- You care about latency, reliability, and clean code in equal measure

Tags: Engineering