Software Engineer

At Eraser, we’re building the AI for technical design and documentation. We’re the leader in AI-powered diagramming and have built a platform that includes proprietary diagram-as-code implementation, a free-form infinite canvas, and a markdown-compatible document editor used by hundreds of thousands of users every month.

Why Work With Us?

• Startup environment: Be excited about what you’re building, move fast, and impact our future trajectory from day one.
• Interesting challenges: We’re pushing the envelope on how diagramming and documentation will work going forward. Build novel AI agents, dive into diagrams

We’re looking for:

• Startup experience: You’ve worked in a startup or other dynamic environment and have a track record of driving results.
• Team & culture fit: We are a hard working, ambitious, humble team that favors a growth mindset. We work in-person at an office in San Mateo CA.
• Passion for our space: One of our super powers is that we’re technical folks building for technical folks.

Role: Engineer - Platform

As an Engineer focused on platform, you will:

• Build deployment infrastructure: Design and implement on-prem and private cloud deployment solutions that enable enterprise customers to run Eraser in their own environments.
• Develop enterprise features: Build backend, data, and API-driven features that unblock enterprise sales and address customer requirements around security, compliance, and integration.
• Partner with customers: Work closely with enterprise customers and the sales team to understand technical requirements and translate them into scalable platform capabilities.

Role Specifics:

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi)
• Familiarity with on-prem and private cloud deployment patterns (air-gapped environments, VPCs, hybrid architectures)
• Experience building APIs and backend services
• Experience working with enterprise customers or in a customer-facing engineering role is a plus

Role: Engineer - Diagrams

As an Engineer focused on diagrams, you will:

• Improve Layout Pipeline: Optimize and refine the layout algorithms to ensure diagrams are clear, beautiful-by-default, and easily customizable.
• Customize Rendering Output: Customize rendering to support diverse use cases, themes and needs of our wonderful users.
• Define novel UX: Craft a delightful UX that balances AI, drag-and-drop / point-and-click iteration, and syntax-driven diagramming.
• Define Diagram Syntax and Parsing: Drive layout through syntax, allow for advanced diagram capabilities, and support new diagram types.

Role Specifics:

• Passion for diagrams / visualization and UX in technical tools
• Experience with data visualization libraries or frameworks (e.g., D3.js, Graphviz, ELK) is a plus
• Experience with lexical parsers and language servers is a plus

Role: Engineer - AI Agents and Integrations

As an Engineer focused on AI Agents and Integrations, you will:

• Build integrations: We’re integrating with sources of truth like git services and cloud platforms and workflow tools like CI/CD pipelines, productivity suites, and task trackers.
• Build AI agent systems: Build integrated AI agent systems that connect our AI-powered diagramming and documentation capabilities to customer systems and workflows.
• Create compelling agent experiences: Create powerful, scalable, and configurable agent capabilities and delightful interactions for our users.

Role Specifics:

• Strong experience with API integrations and system architecture
• Familiarity with AI models agent-based systems is a plus
• Passion for building AI agents and tooling for technical teams

How to Apply:

Interested? We’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume or LinkedIn and a brief explanation of why you’re excited about this role to hiring@eraser.io.