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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Prophecy's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 10% of Prophecy's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Prophecy
- high 7 stale, 1 reposted of 10 open
- Hiring momentum
- 14 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Prophecy's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Prophecy.
About this role
As a Staff Software Engineer at Prophecy, you will lead the technical direction of the Runtime service, which orchestrates and executes data workflows at scale. Your responsibilities will include designing distributed execution systems, ensuring production reliability, and mentoring other engineers. You will work closely with both AI agents and human users to create efficient data processing solutions across various cloud platforms.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Prophecy as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience building distributed systems or data-intensive services
- Deep expertise in distributed systems fundamentals: scheduling, task coordination, concurrency, resource management, and fault tolerance
- Strong proficiency in a systems language such as Go, Scala, or Java
- Hands-on experience running data at scale with Spark and/or cloud data warehouses (Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery)
- A strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design
- Experience owning the reliability, performance, and observability of a production service
Nice to have
- Experience integrating with multiple execution backends or building multi-cloud data connectors
- Experience building platforms or services that other engineers and products build on top of
- Familiarity with AI/agent execution paths
- Experience building an execution engine, orchestrator, or query engine
- Experience shipping software over multiple releases
What you get
- Great company culture
- Competitive compensation
- Fair and Open Equity awards for everyone
- Private medical insurance
- Manage your own growth and career
- High learning opportunity
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Fast-paced startup environment may require adaptability
- Role involves high ownership and responsibility
- Focus on deep-tech problems may limit exposure to broader software engineering practices
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Listed by Prophecy on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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