Senior Software Engineer

Weekend (formerly Volley) is the leading developer of voice AI games for smart TVs. Our games attract millions of users every month, with family favorites like Jeopardy!, Song Quiz, CoComelon: Sing and Play with JJ, and Wheel of Fortune.

We believe voice interfaces will become the main way people access entertainment in their living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and cars. We’re building a bundled subscription product similar to Netflix or Spotify for the emerging category of “AI-powered games.”

Weekend was founded by Max Child and James Wilsterman in 2024. The founders went Y Combinator in 2018 and landed a spot on the 2022 YC Top Companies List. We’re a quickly-growing team headquartered in Union Square, San Francisco.

As a senior engineer on the Hub Team, you’ll play a critical role in running rapid, data-driven experiments that directly impact Weekends top-line revenue. You’ll partner cross-functionally with product, design, and data analysts to create seamless user experiences and help accelerate business growth. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in creating an innovative, fun experience in voice-activated gaming across connected devices.

• Partner with Product to refine requirements, write technical specs, deliver features from concept to launch.

• Collaborate with Design to create delightful, intuitive experiences for users.

• Develop a deep understanding of our users and design experiments that drive acquisition, activation, and retention.

• Contribute to a fast-paced product engineering team by rapidly delivering new features and building principled learnings through experimentation

• Play a critical role in making key technical decisions, balancing long-term architectural health with the need for rapid iteration.

• Mentor junior engineers, contribute to code reviews, and maintain a high standard of code quality, architecture, and performance on the team.

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with products that have scaled users and/or revenue.

• Experience in growth engineering or similar rapid experimentation environments. Hands-on experience with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing infrastructure, and feature flagging systems.

• Excellent communication skills, ability to clearly articulate technical tradeoffs and have a bias toward action.

• Strong product sense with deep empathy for users, striving to deliver real value to players. Comfortable with data-informed decision making.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and work across the full tech stack. Proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, and React (or equivalent modern stack).

• Experience with gaming, interactive media, or AI-powered consumer applications.

• Prior work on cross-platform products across mobile, smart TVs or voice assistants.

• Typescript & Node.js

• React

• Kubernetes, Github Actions

• DynamoDB, PostgreSQL

• Stage 1 (Preliminary Video Call): with a member of our recruitment team

• Stage 2 (Engineering Panel): with various members of our engineering team

• Stage 3  (Onsite Interview): with various partners and team members

• Stage 4 (Founder Chat) with our Founders

As an AI company, we’re a huge believer in the value of AI tools. That being said, the interview process is intended as a conversation - we want to get to know you and your experience. Please refrain from using AI tools during all Weekend interviews unless otherwise specified

• Your medical, dental, and vision insurance is 100% covered by Weekend, for yourself and all dependents and we match 401k!

• We offer a flexible, hybrid work-from-home and in-office work model.

• We offer unlimited paid time off (enforced 2-week minimum), 16 paid holidays, 40 hours of bereavement leave, and unlimited sick days.

• Our generous parental leave policy includes 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents.

• We offer visa support for eligible candidates, making relocating for the job smoother and more streamlined.

• A full breakdown of our benefits is here!

For Pay Transparency: The final offer amount may depend on experience, education, skills, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Weekend is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Weekend will ensure that persons are provided reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process. If any reasonable accommodation is needed, please reach out to your hiring contact.