Overview Senior Software Engineer role at Cline . Cline is an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, engineered to deliver a powerful and transparent agentic coding experience. It reads your codebase for context, transparently accesses AI models you choose (from Claude to GPT to local options), executes terminal commands, interacts with browsers, and utilizes tools via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This empowers developers to tackle complex engineering challenges with an AI partner that reads files, explores code, asks clarifying questions, and provides radical visibility into every action—all while keeping you in control. With over two million installs and a thriving open-source community, Cline helps developers ship faster, smarter, and with complete confidence in their AI tools. What We Are Looking For As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in architecting and building core components of our platform. You’ll work across distributed systems, AI inference pipelines, developer-facing APIs, and enterprise integrations—helping us deliver a secure, reliable, and world-class coding experience to thousands of engineers. You will drive technical decisions end-to-end, mentor other engineers, and collaborate closely with product and design to ship features that delight enterprise developers. Responsibilities Design and build core systems powering our AI-assisted coding workflows, including: High-performance API layers for code suggestions, code review, and debugging. Scalable LLM inference & caching infrastructure optimized for low latency. Secure enterprise integrations (IDEs, Git providers, CI/CD systems). Own major technical initiatives end-to-end, from design through implementation, testing, and production support. Collaborate with ML engineers to productionize and optimize LLM models for enterprise use cases. Drive system reliability, observability, and performance improvements as we scale to thousands of concurrent enterprise users. Establish engineering best practices, contribute to technical strategy, and mentor other engineers on the team. Work closely with product managers and designers to shape roadmap decisions and trade-offs. Qualifications 6-8+ years of professional software engineering experience Proven expertise in backend systems, distributed systems, or developer tools. Proficiency in one or more of the following: Python, Go, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java. Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with observability, performance optimization, and production incident response. Ability to own ambiguous problems, make sound trade-offs, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

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