Senior Software Engineer

Standard Template Labs is a stealth-mode, AI-native startup reimagining the future of IT Service and Configuration Management. Backed by leading investors, we're leveraging AI, graph-based architecture, and exceptional design to transform how enterprises manage and engage with their technology ecosystems.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who thrives in an AI-native environment—someone who’s excited to build scalable, intelligent systems that blend automation, reasoning, and modern infrastructure.

You’ll play a key role in architecting and implementing the systems that power our AI-driven platform, helping define how we integrate large language models (LLMs), knowledge graphs, and intelligent workflows into enterprise-scale software.

This is a hands-on role for someone who codes deeply, thinks systemically, and wants to shape the future of AI-augmented engineering.

• Take end-to-end ownership of complex features and systems—from architecture and implementation to deployment and observability.
• Design and evolve AI-native services that embed LLMs and reasoning capabilities directly into product workflows.
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to infuse AI-powered intelligence into the user and developer experience.
• Drive architectural decisions that balance rapid experimentation with long-term scalability and reliability.

• Backend First: Lead design, implementation, testing, and deployment of backend services, APIs (REST/Graph
  
  QL), and core data infrastructure that power scalable enterprise workflows.
• Full Stack Delivery: Build user-facing features where needed, connecting frontend UI with backend systems — you’ll own the full path from browser to database.
• Shape the Stack: Help define and evolve our architecture — from backend systems and databases to the UI frameworks and client integrations that consume them.
• AI and Workflow Innovation: Integrate AI/LLM capabilities into backend pipelines and product logic that make ITSM smarter and easier to use.
• Performance & Scale: Architect highly performant, secure, and scalable services for enterprise environments, with monitoring and observability in place.
• Collaboration: Partner with designers, frontend engineers, and infrastructure teams to translate product thinking into real, high-impact solutions.
• Developer
  
  Experience:
  
  Improve internal tooling, deployment pipelines, and best practices around CI/CD and automated testing.
• Security & Compliance: Build with enterprise-grade security and compliance in mind from the start (SOC 2, ISO 27001).

• Experience: Strong background in backend systems and API design with real SaaS production experience; comfortable contributing across the stack.
• Backend
  
  Languages:
  
  Proficiency in one or more modern backend languages (Python, Go, Rust, C++, etc.) and designing distributed systems.
• Frontend Fluency: Familiar with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular) and comfortable building or iterating on UI components that interface with your backend.
• Databases & Storage: Strong hands-on experience with No
  
  SQL and (ideally) graph or databases.
• Cloud & Dev Ops: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Problem Solving Mindset: Pragmatic, product-driven engineer who thrives in high-velocity startup environments and can balance backend complexity with UI quality.
• Bonus: Experience integrating AI/LLM features or working with enterprise workflow systems.

• Experience building microservices or event-driven architectures.
• Prior experience with high-throughput or low-latency systems.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong portfolio of technical work.

• Build core systems for an AI-native enterprise platform—where AI isn’t an add-on, it’s the foundation.
• Work in a team that uses AI as a development accelerator—pairing human expertise with machine intelligence to move fast and build better.
• Help define modern best practices for AI-augmented software engineering.
• Join a focused, collaborative team in Midtown…