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Staff Engineer (Backend, DevOps, Infrastructure)

Zuma · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

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About Zuma

Every team needs a Kelsey. The only AI in multifamily for leasing and collections assistant that comes with human back-up. Boost your NOI with Kelsey! Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.

About the role

Off the back of our Series-A in early 2024, Zuma is scaling rapidly. Achieving our vision requires a team of passionate, innovative individuals eager to leverage technology to redefine customer-business interactions. We're on the hunt for exceptional talent ready to join our mission and contribute to building a groundbreaking technology that reshapes how businesses engage with customers.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 5+ years of experience building production-grade software systems , with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability
  • Proven expertise in backend development with Node.js , including API design, system architecture, and cloud-based services
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) and deploying production systems using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
  • Hands-on experience with database design, performance tuning, and scaling high-throughput data systems
  • Familiarity with building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines , automated testing, and modern DevOps practices
More about this role

About Zuma

Zuma is pioneering the future of agentic AI and our focus is to transform the rental market experience for consumers and property manager alike. Our innovative platform is engineered from the ground up to boost operations efficiency and enhance support capabilities for property management business across the US and Canada, a ~$200B market.

Off the back of our Series-A in early 2024, Zuma is scaling rapidly. Achieving our vision requires a team of passionate, innovative individuals eager to leverage technology to redefine customer-business interactions. We're on the hunt for exceptional talent ready to join our mission and contribute to building a groundbreaking technology that reshapes how businesses engage with customers.

Zuma has raised over $17M in funding to date and has support from world-renowned investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, King River, Range Ventures, and distinguished angel investors like YC’s former COO, Qasar Younis.

Help define how humans collaborate with intelligent systems in one of the largest and most underserved industries in the world: property management.

You’ll shape the technical foundation of a platform that is not...

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