Staff Software Engineer

About SewerAI Corporation

SewerAI is an AI and data management platform that is improving the speed, effectiveness and cost for cities and engineering firms to manage infrastructure.  Our cutting edge AI lowers the total cost of ownership of cities’ infrastructure by reducing the dirty, dull and dangerous work that must be done to maintain infrastructure.

About the role

We're seeking an experienced Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our SewerAI team working on an innovative automated sewer inspection analysis and management platform. You'll work on cutting-edge technology that combines computer vision, geospatial analysis, and modern web development to help municipalities and contractors maintain critical infrastructure.

This is a hybrid position. Candidates must reside in the San Francisco Bay Area and are required to work from the office at least two days per week, specifically on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Team members are also encouraged to make additional use of the office on other days throughout the week, based on their preference.

Please consider the following before applying:
If you do not currently reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will be required to relocate at your own expense prior to your start date. Additionally, please note that an onsite interview is a required step in our candidate evaluation process and must be attended in person if you advance to that stage.

What you'll Work On

• AI-Powered Sewer Inspection: Build systems that process video inspections using computer vision and machine learning to automatically identify defects and conditions
• Geospatial Analysis: Develop tools for mapping and analyzing sewer infrastructure with real-time risk assessment
• Workflow Orchestration: Create robust data processing pipelines using Temporal.io for large-scale video analysis
• Real-Time Dashboards: Build interactive React frontends with mapping, data visualization, and video playback capabilities
• API Development: Design and implement scalable TypeScript APIs serving municipal agencies and contractors

Required Technical Skills

Frontend Development

• React 18+ with TypeScript - building complex, interactive user interfaces
• Modern CSS/Tailwind - responsive design and component styling
• WebGL/Canvas Graphics - for geospatial visualization and video annotation
• Mapping Libraries - interactive geographic data visualization
• State Management (Zustand, React Query) - complex application state handling

Backend Development

• Node.js/TypeScript - building high-performance APIs with Fastify
• PostgreSQL/PostGIS - complex database queries and geospatial operations
• Prisma ORM - database schema management and migrations
• RESTful API Design - OpenAPI/Swagger documentation

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Docker/Containerization - microservices deployment
• AWS Cloud Services (Lambda, ECS, S3, RDS) - scalable infrastructure
• CI/CD - automated testing and deployment pipelines

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Computer Vision (OpenCV) - video processing and defect detection
• Temporal.io - workflow orchestration for data processing pipelines
• Geospatial Analysis (GeoPandas, Shapely) - infrastructure mapping
• Machine Learning - AI model integration and evaluation
• Real-Time Systems (WebRTC) - live video streaming
• Data Analytics (ClickHouse, dbt) - large-scale data processing

Architecture You'll Work With

• Monorepo structure using Turborepo with npm workspaces
• Microservices architecture with shared PostgreSQL database