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title: 'Senior Software Engineer - Platform Development at Shakudo'
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# Senior Software Engineer - Platform Development at Shakudo

- **Company:** Shakudo
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2024-05-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/shakudo/84db4b7d-8157-4c68-be59-df88dcfb9e0a

## Job description

What is Shakudo? The name is the Japanese word for alloy—different metals combined into something new. That's exactly what we're doing at Shakudo.

We're building the world's first OS for data and AI—an ecosystem that empowers software engineers to build sophisticated data and AI applications without becoming infrastructure experts. We use "operating system" in the truest product sense: like iOS, Windows, or Linux, Shakudo provides an end‑to‑end, ever‑evolving, automatically operated stack of best‑of‑breed open‑source components, applications and integrations tailored to each business's needs.

Which segment of the market do we serve? As a startup, this evolves. Today, we serve large enterprises—often in air‑gapped data centers and complex deployment environments where failure isn't an option. It's one of our biggest value props and presents unique technical and product challenges. If you thrive in ambiguity and enjoy making the unknown known while solving problems that matter, you'll fit right in.

## The role

We are looking for passionate engineers who have extensive experience operating Kubernetes, building Kubernetes controllers, and control flow design and implementation.

You'll lead and own complex platform features and enterprise customer implementations end‑to‑end—from architecture and development to deployment strategy and customer success. Your technical decisions directly impact how enterprise-scale organizations operate. You'll work on a platform with stakeholders from technical teams to C-suite executives, driving high-stakes projects with autonomy and self-direction while mentoring junior engineers. As a startup, you'll have significant influence on technical direction and team culture. We're an onsite team. Join us in the office for fast feedback loops, and shipping together at high velocity.

The ideal candidate We're an engineering‑first organization focused on solving the hardest problems in enterprise data and AI. We eat, breathe, and sleep the latest in systems engineering and customer delivery, adopting new tech when it's battle‑tested (half a step behind the bleeding edge). If you're excited about technical leadership that creates real-world impact and working on technology that transforms industries, you'll fit right in. We value high productivity, customer obsession, technical excellence, self-sufficiency, and autonomy without the ego.

What's the stack? Multi-tenant platform components run on Kubernetes with React/TypeScript frontends and TypeScript backends. Enterprise deployments leverage our advanced DevOps automation built on Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform, with sophisticated implementations for enterprise security, compliance, and air-gapped environments where security and reliability are paramount. We believe in picking the right tool for the job. If another technology is a better fit for solving a customer's critical problem, we'll use it.

Examples of what we build Enterprise-scale platform architectures that become the data backbone for Fortune 500 companies Advanced deployment automation for the most secure and regulated environments Complex customer integration systems that transform how organizations operate

You'll lead these initiatives from vision to reality, working directly with executive stakeholders to drive transformational outcomes.

Office Location We have a strong 5 days a week onsite company culture, both to learn from others and to share experiences among the team. Our office is in Menlo Park, just off the 101.

## Skills we're looking for

- Technologies: React, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, distributed systems
- Enterprise platform experience with complex, mission-critical deployments where failure has real consequences
- Self-sufficient technical leader. You have taste for scalable architectures that solve problems others can't
- Ability to independently architect platform solutions that become the backbone of enterprise operations
- Comfort with ambiguity; turn complex, high-stakes customer requirements into clear technical solutions with minimal guidance
- Strong analytical mindset and proven ability to solve complex technical problems under pressure
- Leadership experience mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives that matter
- Passion for customer impact and translating technical excellence into business outcomes

If you join us, you'll help shape:

- Platform architecture strategy that defines how enterprises handle data and AI at scale
- Customer implementation methodologies for complex, business-critical projects
- Platform-level quality standards for systems that power critical business operations
- Customer delivery excellence that creates transformational business impact
- Product and technical strategy that shapes the future of enterprise data infrastructure
- Team development and culture as we scale our mission-critical work

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Shakudo in-person, remote, or distributed? In -person. We operate as an onsite team to enable fast feedback loops and ship quickly, so you'll work alongside the team in the office. High-impact work requires high-bandwidth collaboration.

What's the interview process? We build a deeply technical product that solves real-world problems. Because of its technical nature and customer impact focus, our interview process emphasizes both technical excellence and customer-focused thinking while respecting everyone's time.

What's the full package? Shakudo offers a high‑impact package: competitive salary, meaningful equity so you share in the upside of transformational technology, and top‑tier health benefits that have you fully covered. More importantly, you'll work on technology that matters.

Shakudo is an equal opportunity employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We foster diversity and inclusivity and welcome applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.

## About Shakudo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Shakudo provides an operating system for AI and data that orchestrates best-of-breed tools in a customer’s own infrastructure, enabling enterprises to build, deploy, and govern AI agents without vendor lock-in.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; raised multiple rounds including a CAD 9.5M round in October 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Yevgeniy Vahlis (CEO & Co-founder) and Christine Yuen (Head of Engineering & Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI infrastructure / Enterprise software
- **Target customers**: B2B – large enterprises in retail, real estate, financial services, healthcare, aerospace, and automotive
- **Mission/purpose**: “Unlock the Potential of AI for All” – turning breakthrough ideas into real-world impact by making AI secure, sovereign, and easy to operationalize

## Products & Services
- **Shakudo Platform**: The core operating system that auto‑orchestrates 170+ AI and data tools (open‑source and commercial) in the customer’s own cloud or on‑prem environment. Provides a fully automated DevOps experience, cost management, and governance.
- **Kaji AI Gateway**: A secure gateway for deploying and managing autonomous AI agents with built‑in RBAC, OWASP Top 10 LLM risk mitigation, and container/PyPI/CRAN vulnerability scanning.
- **Stack Components**: A curated library of pre‑integrated AI/Data stack components (e.g., vector databases, LLM runtimes, data warehouses) that can be deployed with a single click.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total disclosed funding ~USD 10.6M (Seed $3.4M + Series A $7.2M) plus CAD 9.5M additional Series A in 2025; 36 employees (+2.6% YoY)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: GreatPoint Ventures, Wittington Ventures, Golden Ventures, Parade Ventures
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 2.6% YoY; 10 active job postings (monthly job posting growth +100%); customer wins include major Canadian food retailer, $77.6B AUM real estate firm; expanded into US market with an office

## Competitive Advantages
- **Tool‑agnostic platform** – customers can pick any AI tool without being locked into a single vendor
- **Runs in customer’s own infrastructure** (on‑prem, air‑gapped, private cloud) – critical for regulated industries and data sovereignty
- **SOC 2 Type II certified** with built‑in security features (RBAC, vulnerability scanning, OWASP LLM risk mitigation)
- **Dramatically reduces deployment cycles** – one customer cited a drop from 6‑month procurement to same‑day delivery

## Strategic Focus
- **Sovereign AI** – enabling enterprises to keep data in their own trusted environment while still leveraging cutting‑edge AI tools
- **Autonomous AI agents** – the platform is evolving to support agentic workflows and autonomous decision‑making
- **Scale from pilot to production** – offering executive briefings, hands‑on workshops, and embedded engineering support to accelerate enterprise AI adoption

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Talented and diverse people from all over the world” who love solving problems; emphasis on learning, growing, and succeeding together
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Remote opportunities available; some roles (e.g., Solutions Architect in Bengaluru) are on‑site; HQ in Toronto with offices in the US
- **Perks & Growth**: Provided training and innovative professional development; technical team makes up 28% of workforce, giving engineers a strong voice
- **Current openings** (as of late 2025/early 2026): Forward Deployed Engineer, Senior Software Development Engineer (Stack Team), Business Development Representative, Senior Engagement Manager, Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Solutions Architect

## Sources
1. [shakudo.io/careers](https://www.shakudo.io/careers)
2. [shakudo.io](https://www.shakudo.io/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/shakudo](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shakudo)
4. [cbinsights.com/company/shakudo](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shakudo)
5. [getclera.com/companies/shakudo](https://www.getclera.com/companies/shakudo)

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