Senior Software Engineer - Core ATS

San Francisco Engineering Hybrid Full-time

About Gem

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 2026
• Great Place to Work Certified, 2024
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023

The Team and Role

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.

What You’ll Do Day-to-Day

• 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 designand development decisions.
• Embody our company values of ownership ,velocity ,customer centricity ,diversityand transparency.
• Mentorand guide teammates ,sharing your technical expertiseand helping elevatethe engineering bar.
• Influence companyand product direction,making decisions that have immediate visible impacton our customers.
• Collaborate cross-functionallywith product managers ,designers ,and engineers todeliver thoughtful ,high-quality solutions.
• Workwith a world class team from Meta ,Uber ,Dropbox,and more

About You

• You have5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer ,building user-facing products.
• You enjoy mentoring ,working cross-functionally,and working directly with customers.
• You movewith velocityand investin improving your craft.
• You prioritize technical quality ,building reliableand scalable systems.
• You areproduct-orientedand you don’t hesitatein making decisions.
• You areenergizedby collaborating in-officewith your peers in a hybrid model.

How We Work

We've removed most development friction:

• Local devwith Vite boots instantlywith hot-reload
• CI runsin ~10 minutes ;deploys go straightto production
• We ship fastand iteratebasedon customer feedback

Our engineering culture:

• Reasonable hours
• Weekly team eventsand happy hours
• Regular hackathonsfor experimental features
• Teamfrom Meta ,Uber,and Dropbox

Role Details

• Location: This roleis based3 days per week outof our San Francisco HQand is not eligiblefor full-time remote work (hybrid work arrangement).
• Compensation: The annual cash compensation rangefor this positionis $190 ,000–$260 ,000 basedon levelin additionto equity & benefits.

The range displayedon this job postingreflects theminimumand maximum compensation .Factors including location ,level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experiencewill determine compensation.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary & equity

-10-year windowto exerciseyour stock options

• Supportive Flexible Time Off program

-16 paid holidaysincluding regular company-wide wellness days

• Best-in-class medical,

dental & vision insurance

• $1,

200 annual stipendfor learningand development opportunities -16 weeks of Paid Parental Leavefor birthing and non-birthing parents

• New Parent Perks totaling $1,

500 and flexibility upon returnto work Gem isa n equal opportunity employer . We celebrateour inclusive work environment and encourage folks of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply . at Gem, w e’re committed to having an inclusive and transparent environmentwhere every voiceis heard and acknowledged . w e embraceour differences, and knowthat our diverse teamisa strengththat drivesour success . gem is committed to developinga barrier-free recruitment process and work environment . f you requireany accommodation, p lease emailus at accommodations@gem.com and we’ll workwith youto meetyour accessibility needs .