What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Member of Technical Staff position at Noara Labs?
About Noara Labs
Noara Labs partners with elite startups and frontier technology companies to help them hire exceptional builders.
We work with venture-backed companies across the US and Europe to identify rare talent for roles where intelligence, ownership, speed, and technical depth matter most.
About the Company
The company is an early-stage startup building at the frontier of AI, systems infrastructure, and human-computer interaction.
They are solving difficult technical problems most teams avoid: custom memory systems, real-time LLM state management, next-generation operating environments, and entirely new UX paradigms rooted in psychology and organizational behavior.
Backed by top-tier investors and operators, the company is intentionally building a tiny, elite engineering team where every hire has meaningful impact.
Stage: Seed
Team Size: 11–20 employees
Engineering Team: ~5 engineers
Location: South Park / Palo Alto, California (5 days on-site)
Role Overview
We’re hiring a Senior Member of Technical Staff to help build systems that do not yet exist.
You’ll work on technically difficult, high-leverage problems where there is no established playbook. This role is designed for engineers who thrive in high-talent-density environments, enjoy deep technical challenges, and want meaningful ownership from day one.
This is the kind of opportunity where exceptional engineers can do career-defining work.
What You’ll Work On
- Custom database and memory systems for AI workloads
- Real-time LLM token state management at scale
- Operating-system level environments for humans AI agents
- High-performance internal infrastructure and tooling
- New interaction models informed by psychology and organizational behavior
- Complex systems requiring first-principles thinking and elite execution
Who You Are
Experience
- Minimum 6 years of strong software engineering experience required
- 8 years preferred, especially in startups, systems, infrastructure, or AI environments
- Exceptional candidates with fewer years but uncommon proof of ability may also be considered
Strong Signals
- You build complex systems unusually fast
- You solve ambiguous problems with little guidance
- You care deeply about performance, leverage, and architecture quality
- You prefer ownership over bureaucracy
- You thrive in environments with sharp peers and high expectations
Relevant Background
Experience with some of the following is highly valued:
- Rust
- Python
- TypeScript
- Systems engineering
- Databases / storage engines
- Graph databases
- AI infrastructure / LLM systems
- Flexible data pipelines
- Knowledge systems / ontological modeling
- Human-centered product thinking
Bonus Points
- Early engineer or founder experience
- Built products from zero to scale
- Experience in elite startup environments
- Strong evidence of exceptional output
Compensation
- Range salary: 200k-400k USD meaningful equity
- Structured to attract top-tier talent
Why This Opportunity
- Tiny team, massive ownership surface area
- Frontier technical problems with real complexity
- Direct access to founders and decision-making
- High talent density, low bureaucracy
- Opportunity to build things before the market catches up
- Career-compounding environment for exceptional engineers
Interview Process
- Intro conversation
- Technical deep dive
- Final founder conversations
Who This Role Fits Best
Engineers who want sharp teammates, difficult problems, meaningful ownership, and upside. Those who feel underchallenged in conventional engineering environments often thrive here.