About the role
About this Role
We’re looking for a Senior or Staff Software Engineer to own the technical direction on our engineering team, mentor other engineers, and partner closely with product and design to deliver fast, reliable, and magical user experiences. This role is deeply hands-on. You’ll be writing and reviewing code daily, shaping architecture, and helping scale our platform as we grow.
What you will do
- Lead the architecture, implementation, and delivery of user-facing products (dashboard, real-time voice AI, support tooling)
- Write high-quality, production-grade TypeScript across the stack (Next.js, Bun)
- Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning
- Collaborate directly with Product and Design to align on priorities and execute quickly
- Partner with other pods to integrate intelligent features into the product experience
- Drive engineering velocity while maintaining reliability and system health
- Work closely with customers to translate their feedback into scalable product improvements
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in TypeScript, low-level Node.js (Bun), T3 Stack (Next.js, React, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth, tRPC)
- 6+ years of experience building and scaling full-stack web applications
- Experience leading projects or teams in fast-paced environments
- Care about craft and speed (you can move quickly without compromising on quality)
- Desire to continuously learn
Don’t think you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway. We’d love to hear what excites you about us, and we may have a role that's a good fit for you.
Benefits
- Unlimited AI tokens
- MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max (or newest high-end equivalent)
- Free daily in-office lunch and dinners
- Competitive salary with meaningful equity
- Free health, dental, and vision insurance
- Weekly team outings and customer visits
- Unlimited PTO
About Toma
At Toma, we are building the AI software suite for underserved industries, starting with Automotive.
We started as a voice AI infrastructure company and still are our own biggest customer to this day. Our product empowers hundreds of businesses with a world-class AI receptionist and customer support platform. Toma’s AI agents engage in thousands of customer interactions every day and generate millions of dollars worth of revenue.
Why Automotive first? It is a sleeping giant contributing trillions of dollars to the GDP. The industry and its processes are ready for disruption. Toma is bringing AI to all operations in the industry while working hand-in-hand with some of the biggest names, such as the Car Dealership Guy, and public companies like Lithia Motors and AutoNatio. Toma is backed by the best investors in Silicon Valley, including Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator.
Job details
Salary
$200,000 - $300,000
Equity
0.2% - 1.2%
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
6+ years
Funding
Total raised
$500K
Last stage
Pre-seed
Investors
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.