Staff Software Engineer

Company Overview: Zocks is an AI platform transforming how financial advisors work. Starting in the US financial services market, we're building technology that supports advisors across their entire workflow - from sales and meeting preparation to note-taking, follow-ups, scheduling, email, document intelligence, reporting, and integrations with the systems they use every day. Our goal is to take repetitive, manual work out of the advisor-client relationship and turn conversations, documents, and data into actions automatically. As our platform expands across more workflows, customers, and use cases, we're solving increasingly complex challenges around AI, real-time systems, data, security, integrations, and scale. Zocks is headquartered in San Francisco, while our entire R&D organization - Engineering, Product, Design, Data, and Infrastructure - is based in Budapest. This means our Budapest teams don't just execute on a product built elsewhere: they're directly responsible for shaping the product, technology, and how we build them as we grow. More than 5,000 firms, including 6 of the 9 Barron’s Top Mega RIAs and 2 of the top 3 life insurance carriers, rely on Zocks, the #1 rated AI Assistant for Financial Services on G2. Location: Budapest, XI., Science Park (On-site Monday to Thursday, Remote on Fridays) Why we're hiring for this role: As we continue to grow and evolve, we're seeking a Staff Software Engineer with at least 7 years of experience to join our dynamic team of developers. We are looking to expand our team with someone who can bring fresh perspectives, advanced technical skills, and a passion for innovation. Ou Staff engineers are not just writing code, but setting direction. We're looking for someone who drives architectural decisions, owns features end-to-end, and mentors the team while working closely with the engineering manager. You will play a crucial role in driving forward our product, enhancing our product offerings, and meeting the increasingly complex needs of our customers. Key challenges you will work on every day: • Integrating the latest AI models into customer facing features and workflows at scale • Taking part in driving architectural decisions and setting technical direction across the team • Solving complex problems and transform them into business solutions • Owning features end-to-end, from design through production • Mentoring engineers through code review and technical guidance • Supporting the engineering manager on team-level technical decisions • Leveraging your expertise in the current technology stack, which includes Python, MySQL, React, AWS, K8S and many more • Working in an agile environment with a strong focus on well-structured code, testing, and continuous integration • Working closely with key stakeholders such as Product Managers, UX Designers and other development team members • Taking part in all stages of development: investigate product increments’ technical feasibility and suggest implementation options and follow development lifecycle until releasing • Design and build tools and frameworks to automate development, testing deployment, management and monitoring of the company’s services and products • Give a high level of attention to creating software and networking platforms free of faulty programming, design well-organized code • Plan and scale distributed software and applications, applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with urgency and quality • Track, document, and maintain software and network system functionality—both internally and externally, leveraging opportunities to improve engineering productivity Requirements: • 7+ years of experience in full-stack development (preferably with React and Python or comparable language e.g. Java, NodeJS) in developing, maintaining and deploying software • Proven track record of driving architectural decisions and technical direction • Experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers • Proactively find problems of existing system/product without guidance and offer solutions • Solid knowledge in cloud computing, especially AWS • Capability to understand the codebase and drive assigned request to improve it, such as migrating it to modern frameworks • Experience working in an agile development environment, preferably in a startup or dynamic tech company • Interest in AI technology and staying abreast of the latest trends and advancements in the field is advantage • Strong English and Hungarian communication skills What we offer on top of our competitive base salary: -Premium Health Insurance -SZÉP-card -Your lunch is on us when you are in the office -L&D contribution -AYCM package -Employee equity program-Budapest pass (BKK) -Home office support-Loyalty program: extra PTO -Fully stacked office snacks   Location: Budapest, XI. (On-site Monday to Thursday, Remote on Fridays)   We are an equal opportunity employer and never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. At Zocks, we value diversity and believe that it enhances our creativity, innovation, and overall success. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply.