Senior Software Engineer

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Who we are:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">With over 5M+ installs and 57k+ GitHub stars, a&nbsp;community that grew 4,704% year over year. Cline is the leading open-source AI coding agent. Trusted by the world's largest engineering organizations and individual developers alike, Cline is model agnostic, provider agnostic, and IDE agnostic, meeting engineers everywhere they work while keeping code on your infrastructure. Teams choose Cline because it's the only coding agent that combines cutting-edge capability with enterprise-grade security, using existing provider contracts directly with zero markup. Cline has raised $32M in combined Series A and Seed funding, led by Emergence Capital and Pace Capital, with participation from 1984 Ventures, Essence VC, and Cox Exponential.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What we are looking for:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in architecting and building core components of our platform. You’ll work across distributed systems, AI inference pipelines, developer-facing APIs, and enterprise integrations—helping us deliver a secure, reliable, and world-class coding experience to thousands of engineers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You will be expected to drive technical decisions end-to-end, mentor other engineers, and collaborate closely with product and design to ship features that delight enterprise developers.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Design and build core systems powering our AI-assisted coding workflows, including:</span> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">High-performance API layers for code suggestions, code review, and debugging.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Scalable LLM inference &amp; caching infrastructure optimized for low latency.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Secure enterprise integrations (IDEs, Git providers, CI/CD systems).</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Own major technical initiatives end-to-end, from design through implementation, testing, and production support.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with ML engineers to productionize and optimize LLM models for enterprise use cases.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Drive system reliability, observability, and performance improvements as we scale to thousands of concurrent enterprise users.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish engineering best practices, contribute to technical strategy, and mentor other engineers on the team.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work closely with product managers and designers to shape roadmap decisions and trade-offs.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">6-8+ years of professional software engineering experience</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proven expertise in backend systems, distributed systems, or developer tools.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency in one or more of the following: Python, Go, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with observability, performance optimization, and production incident response.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to own ambiguous problems, make sound trade-offs, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our cash compensation range for this role is $225,000 - $250,000+.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.<br><br></em><em>Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>