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Gem is the only AI-first all-in-one recruiting platform. It brings together your ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics — plus 800+ million profiles to source from — with AI built into every workflow. By eliminating the headaches of juggling multiple tools, Gem helps customers boost recruiter productivity by up to 5x while saving 30-50% on technology costs. Over 1,000 organizations — from startups to industry leaders like Zillow, DoorDash, and Asana — trust Gem to fuel their growth. With an industry-leading 4.8/5 rating on G2, Gem is the platform recruiters actually love to use. Gem has raised $148M from renown investors including Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, Sapphire, and Meritech.

With Gem, you can experience the power of a truly connected recruiting platform — one consistent interface, unified data, smarter AI recommendations, and simplified permissions. Our customers achieve remarkable results.

Just as we strive to help our customers find great talent, we also invest in our own people and culture. We are proud of the culture we’ve built and have recently been recognized as:

• Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2025
• Great Place to Work Certified, 2024
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our ATS team, one of the most strategically important areas of Gem’s product suite.

For two years, we’ve been building our ATS architecture from the ground up, working closely with top companies to design a modern, AI-powered system that reimagines how recruiting teams operate. Now, we are entering an exciting new phase: we are iterating rapidly, and preparing to launch with some of the largest and most recognizable industry partners.

As a senior member of this team, you will play a critical role in:

• Designing the architecture of a system that is elegant today and will scale in the future.
• Making foundational technical decisions that will define how Gem's ATS evolves for years to come.
• Directly collaborating with customers, ensuring that what we build addresses the needs of large-scale modern recruiting teams.

We're looking for someone who balances hands-on development with long-term thinking: an engineer who can move fast but also sees around corners. This role also provides a clear growth path: you'll have the chance to mentor other engineers, take on technical leadership, and shape both product and team culture as we continue to grow.

Read more about our company values.

• Own product features end-to-end, from ideation to implementation.
• Build and scale user-facing features with Typescript, React, Python, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Ensure scalability and reliability by collaborating with other engineers on data model, architecture, and product decisions.
• Stay close to customers, gathering direct feedback to inform design and development decisions.
• Embody our company values of ownership, velocity, customer centricity, diversity and transparency.
• Mentor and guide teammates, sharing your technical expertise and helping elevate the engineering bar.
• Influence company and product direction, making decisions that have immediate visible impact on our customers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver thoughtful, high-quality solutions.
• Work with a world class team from Meta, Uber, Dropbox, and more.

• You have 5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, building user-facing products.
• You enjoy mentoring, working cross-functionally, and working directly with customers.
• You move with velocity and invest in improving your craft.
• You prioritize technical quality, building reliable and scalable systems.
• You are product-oriented and you don’t hesitate in making decisions.
• You are energized by collaborating in-office with your peers in a hybrid model.

We\'ve removed most development friction:

• Local dev with Vite boots instantly with hot-reload
• CI runs in ~10 minutes, deploys go straight to production
• We ship fast and iterate based on customer feedback

Our engineering culture:

• Reasonable hours
• Weekly team events and happy hours
• Regular hackathons for experimental features
• Team from Meta, Uber, and Dropbox

• Location: This role is based 3 days per week out of our San Francisco, HQ and is not eligible for full-time remote work.
• Compensation: The annual cash compensation range for this position is $190,000–$260,000 based on level in addition to equity & benefits.

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum compensation. Factors including location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience will determine compensation.

• Highly competitive salary & equity
• 10-year window to exercise your stock options
• Supportive Flexible Time Off program
• 16 paid holidays, including regular company-wide wellness days
• Best-in-class medical, dental & vision insurance
• $1,200 annual stipend for learning and development opportunities
• 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• New Parent Perks totaling $1,500 and flexibility upon return to work

Gem is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate our inclusive work environment and encourage folks of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. At Gem, we’re committed to having an inclusive and transparent environment where every voice is heard and acknowledged. We embrace our differences, and know that our diverse team is a strength that drives our success.

Gem is committed to developing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodation, please email us at accommodations@gem.com and we’ll work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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Req ID: R20220335