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Hayden AI

Senior Software Engineer, Events

San Francisco, California, United States

Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Work
Hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior
Function
Engineering
Pay
$175K – $228K a year
Posted
5 months ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $228K a year, is 5% below the median of $240K for senior engineering jobs in San Francisco (middle half $210K – $270K, 1,147 jobs that state pay).

5,003 engineering jobs open in San Francisco: 9% remote, 949 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

About Us

At Hayden AI, we are on a mission to harness the power of computer vision to transform the way transit systems and other government agencies address real-world challenges.

From bus lane and bus stop enforcement to transportation optimization technologies and beyond, our innovative mobile perception system empowers our clients to accelerate transit, enhance street safety, and drive toward a sustainable future.

What the job involves

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform - Cloud Events team, you will ensure that data captured by Hayden’s devices is properly validated and assessed by the powerful ML models that run in the Cloud. In this role you will level up our ML operations by enabling a more efficient model improvement lifecycle. You will work closely with the Product Team, the Technical Program Managers, and our partner engineering teams that build the edge software and make sense of our sensor data. We’re looking for someone who loves leveling up their team through code review, improving architecture, and thinking systemically. This position is based in San Francisco and it follows a hybrid schedule with at least 3 days in-office per week.

Key Responsibilities

Below are your primary responsibilities. These represent the core areas where you’ll make an impact. As part of a rapidly evolving team, we look forward to your impact expanding over time.

  • Maintain a high level of code quality through code review and documentation
  • Optimize machine learning operations with robust systems and by collaborating across teams
  • Expand capabilities of event pipeline to satisfy both general and client specific needs
  • Reduce cost of doing business with by optimizing usage of cloud resources, especially GPUs

Required Qualifications

The qualifications below outline the experience and skills most relevant to success in this role. We recognize that skills and potential come in many forms, and we welcome diverse experiences that advance our mission.

  • Experience: 7+ years of overall experience, 2+ years building high throughput backend services
  • Core Skills: Professional experience with Golang and/or Python, distributed systems thinking, ML Ops knowledge a plus
  • Personal Attributes: Collaborative teammate and code reviewer, detail oriented system designer
  • Education: BS in Computer Science or related field

Nice to Have: Professional experience with government technology, ML Operations experience, Familiarity with AWS specific implementation of managed services

Source

Posted by Hayden AI on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 11:43 UTC; the original is the reference.

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