Sr. Software Development Engineer

About the role:

The Sr. Software Development Engineer on the Duro Design team builds and ships product experiences that hardware engineers rely on every day. Youll work across our modern stackfrom frontend interfaces to backend architectureto deliver elegant performant and scalable solutions. This role partners closely with product design and engineering teammates in a fast-moving highly autonomous environment.

Were looking for engineers who think end-to-end embrace experimentation and leverage modern AI-powered workflows to move with speed and precision. This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles CA (3 days per week in office).

A day in the life of our Sr. Software Development Engineer:

Feature Ownership: Decompose product requirements into well-structured tasks and own delivery from concept through production release.

Full Stack Development: Build across our stack (TypeScript NestJS React Apollo GraphQL PostgreSQL AWS) to deliver scalable high-quality software.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product and design teams to translate user needs into thoughtful intuitive and performant experiences.

End-to-End Thinking: Architect implement test deploy and measure features with a focus on long-term maintainability and system integrity.

Experimentation & Analytics: Instrument features using PostHog run experiments analyze real user data and iterate based on measurable outcomes.

AI-Driven Engineering: Leverage modern AI development workflows to increase velocity structure context effectively and deliver production-ready systems.

Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to refine architecture improve performance and scale systems while maintaining engineering excellence.

Qualifications :

Who Were Looking For

Required:

512 years of professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated track record of shipping production-grade products

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field

Strong foundation in TypeScript and React

Experience working with design systems such as Ant Design Material UI or similar

Backend experience with NestJS and GraphQL

Experience working with PostgreSQL and ORMs such as TypeORM or Prisma

Strong architectural thinking and ability to design scalable systems

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Comfort operating in autonomous fast-paced environments

A product mindset with the ability to navigate the full feature lifecycle

Nice to Have:

Experience building PLM PDM or hardware/manufacturing industry software

Background with AWS infrastructure

Experience with Docker Kubernetes or Terraform

Familiarity with event-driven systems (NATS Redis Kafka)

Testing experience using Vitest Jest or Playwright

Experience working in AI-augmented development environments

 

How We Build

We dont hire coders. We hire engineers who shape software.

At Duro AI is integrated into our engineering workflows. Engineers leverage AI-powered development environments to orchestrate tasks structure context and accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of craftsmanship.

We value:

Architectural intuition understanding systems before implementing them

Precision in communication clear requirements produce strong outcomes

Pattern recognition knowing when to abstract reuse or experiment

Product taste recognizing quality and refining toward excellence

Intellectual curiosity continuously improving how we build

We optimize for engineers who can take ambiguous requirements and transform them into measurable high-impact product outcomes.

Additional Information :

The expected annual pay range for this position is $164000-$178000. This position is also eligible for bonus opportunities. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

Renesas offers a full range of elective benefits including medical health savings account (with applicable medical plan) dental vision health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts pre-tax commuter benefits life insurance AD&D and pet addition to elective benefit options benefited employees receive company-paid life insurance and AD&D LTD short term medical benefits as well as paid sick time paid holidays and accrued paid vacation. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. As the industrys leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive industrial infrastructure and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio including High Performance Computing Embedded Processing Analog & Connectivity and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 22000 professionals in more than 30 countries we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow To Make Our Lives Easier.     
 
At Renesas you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers evolving needs and help make peoples lives easier safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark  

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to celebrating diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex race religion national origin gender gender identity gender expression age sexual orientation military status veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. For more information please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation collaboration and continuous learning.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time