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title: 'Senior Integration Engineer at Hamster'
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last_seen: '2026-09-09'
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# Senior Integration Engineer at Hamster

- **Company:** Hamster
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-10-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hamster/6fd8f408-1afc-4334-8ba5-00a7dbcc880f

## Job description

You will be responsible for building robust and scalable integrations between various systems of record, ensuring seamless data flow and consistency across platforms. This role requires expertise in stateful two-way synchronization and a deep understanding of integration patterns.

## RESPONSIBILITIES

- Design and implement robust integration solutions between various systems of record.
- Develop stateful two-way synchronization mechanisms to ensure data consistency across platforms.
- Build and maintain APIs for external system integrations.
- Implement error handling and retry mechanisms for reliable data synchronization.
- Monitor and optimize integration performance and reliability.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define integration requirements.
- Document integration patterns and best practices for the team.
- Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues in production environments.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices within the team.

## REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in software development with a focus on integrations.
- Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with Node.js.
- Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and web service architectures.
- Experience with stateful data synchronization and conflict resolution strategies.
- Proficiency in working with various data formats (JSON, XML, CSV) and transformation techniques.
- Experience with message queues and event-driven architectures.
- Strong understanding of database systems and data modeling principles.
- Experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

## PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with enterprise integration platforms (MuleSoft, Apache Camel, or similar).
- Knowledge of ETL/ELT processes and data pipeline development.
- Experience with real-time data streaming and processing.
- Familiarity with GraphQL and modern API design patterns.

## About Hamster

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hamster is an AI-native product planning workspace that enables teams to align on direction and let AI agents execute delivery.
- **Entity Type**: Private (stage not publicly disclosed; likely early-stage with equity compensation)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Names not publicly disclosed (company led by experienced product delivery veterans)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-native software development lifecycle / Product engineering
- **Target customers**: B2B – product teams, engineering teams, and enterprise organizations using AI coding tools
- **Mission / purpose**: Keep teams aligned so AI can deliver the right thing, faster.

## Products & Services
- **[Hamster (Workspace)](https://tryhamster.com/)**: AI-powered product planning platform where humans and AI teammates share context, align on briefs, and ship together. Integrates with issue trackers, coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.), and supports two-way sync.
- **[Taskmaster (Open-Source CLI)](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master)**: Free, open-source CLI for AI-assisted task management. Generates structured plans with acceptance criteria for coding agents. 1.5M+ downloads, 25K+ GitHub stars.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Taskmaster has 1.5M+ downloads and 25K+ GitHub stars; Hamster is used by teams at Lenovo, SAP, Salesforce, Dell, Accenture, Hearst, and FICO
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly announced
- **Growth Signals**: Claims 7x faster delivery speed for users; shipping to customers multiple times a day; rapidly expanding integrations and features (Cloud Agents, Routines, Goals, Blueprints)

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native by design**: Built from the ground up for teams where both humans and AI agents are first-class participants, unlike legacy tools retrofitted with AI.
- **Shared context (Context Graph)**: Captures reasoning, decisions, and team knowledge so every coding agent works from the same understanding – reducing misalignment.
- **Works with any AI coding tool**: Integrates via CLI and MCP server with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cline, and many others.
- **Open-source credibility**: Taskmaster proved the concept at scale (1.5M downloads) and drove industry adoption of planning modes.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling from single-developer planning (Taskmaster) to multi-team, enterprise-aligned product delivery.
- Building the “Direction, Discovery, Delivery, Knowledge” framework to turn briefs into shipped features with minimal ceremony.
- Expanding enterprise features (roles, audit, workspace topology) and deepening integrations with existing project management ecosystems.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Special Forces Only”—seeks highly productive individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, AI-native environment. Values include autonomy, accountability, attention to detail, mastery, and work-life balance.
- **Work policy**: In-person in San Francisco for most roles; hybrid option available for some positions (e.g., Senior JavaScript Engineer listed as Hybrid).
- **Compensation**: $150K – $250K plus early-stage equity for technical roles.
- **Engineering culture**: Uses Hamster to build Hamster; ships to customers multiple times a day. No sprints, no story points, no grooming—focus on briefs and rapid delivery. Modern stack: Next.js, NestJS, Supabase, GCP, Cloudflare, AI/ML tools.
- **Impact**: Join a small, high-leverage team shaping the next generation of product development workflows.

## Sources
1. [tryhamster.com – Homepage](https://tryhamster.com/)
2. [tryhamster.com – About](https://tryhamster.com/about)
3. [tryhamster.com – Careers](https://tryhamster.com/careers)
4. [tryhamster.com – Latest Updates](https://tryhamster.com/latest)
5. [tryhamster.com – Documentation](https://tryhamster.com/docs)
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – Career Listings](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hamster)

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