Staff Engineer I

Glance AI is an AI commerce platform shaping the next wave of e-commerce with inspiration-led shopping, less about searching for what you want and more about discovering who you could be. Operating in 140 countries, Glance AI transforms every screen into a stage for instant, personal, and joyful discovery, where inspiration becomes something you can explore, feel, and shop in the moment.

Its proprietary models, seamlessly integrated with Google’s most advanced AI platforms, Gemini and Imagen on Vertex AI, deliver hyper-realistic, deeply personal shopping experiences across categories such as fashion, beauty, travel, accessories, home décor, pets, and more. Designed to seamlessly integrate into everyday consumer technology, Glance AI reimagines the future of e-commerce with inspiration-led discovery and shopping.

With an open architecture built for effortless adoption across hardware and software ecosystems, Glance AI is creating a platform that can become a staple in everyday consumer technology. It partners with the world’s leading smartphone makers, connected TV manufacturers, telecom providers, and global brands — meeting people where they are: on mobile, smart TVs, and brand websites.

Through Glance AI’s rich first-party data and unparalleled consumer access, it harnesses InMobi’s global scale, insights, and targeting capabilities to create high-impact, performance-driven shopping journeys for brands worldwide. Part of the InMobi Group, a global technology and advertising leader reaching over 2 billion devices and serving more than 30,000 enterprise brands worldwide, Glance AI is backed by Google, Jio Platforms, and Mithril Capital.

Glance - An InMobi Group Company    

Founded in 2019, Glance is a consumer technology company that operates some of the most disruptive digital platforms including Glance, Roposo, and Glance TV. Glance has redefined the way the internet is consumed on the lock screen, removing the need to search for and download apps. Over 400 million smartphones now come enabled with Glance’s next-generation internet experience.   
  
Roposo has revolutionized commerce by launching a destination for creator-led live entertainment commerce. Glance TV is changing the way consumers engage and interact with their televisions.   
  
Headquartered in Singapore, Glance is an unconsolidated subsidiary of InMobi Group and is funded by Jio Platforms, Google, and Mithril Capital. For more information, visit glance.com, roposo.com, and inmobi.com.    

  
What should you know about joining Glance?  
 

At Glance, we walk the talk – free yourself, dream big, and chase your passion! On joining, you’ll have opportunities to make an immediate impact on mission-critical projects, as you work with highly capable and ambitious peer groups.   
  

Be rewarded for your autonomy even as you collaborate. Ideate, innovate, and inspire by leveraging bleeding-edge tech to disrupt consumer experiences.   
  

While you work, we’ll take care of nourishing your body, mind, and soul. This includes daily meals, gym, trainings, tech tools, and regular unwind sessions. Also, feel free to bring your kids – even the furry ones – to the office!  

We're building one of the most ambitious platforms in consumer AI — a multi-surface commerce ecosystem spanning lock-screen, mobile, and TV, powered by large-scale GenAI, multimodal inference, and real-time distributed systems.

If you love designing systems that millions interact with daily — often without realizing the engineering magic underneath — this is your playground.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Architect & Build for Massive Scale

- Own end-to-end design of core platform components at 100K+ QPS, serving tens of millions of users

- Drive innovations across distributed compute, storage, consistency, and failure handling

- Build infrastructure powering:

→ GPU-efficient multimodal inference (image, video, voice)

→ On-device AI + edge personalization

→ Real-time cross-device continuity (Android ↔ TV ↔ Web)

→ Multi-category shopping catalog integrated with GenAI

→ Commerce + ads intelligence optimizing in milliseconds

Lead with Technical Depth

- Guide teams on architecture, code quality, and operational excellence

- Conduct design and code reviews with a high bar for clarity and maintainability

- Mentor engineers and elevate engineering culture

Operate Like an Owner

- Drive features from concept → design → production → on-call → iteration

- Collaborate across product, design, ads, AI/ML, and commerce — no silos

- Balance speed and quality in a high-velocity environment

Think Beyond the Code

- Translate complex engineering into simple narratives for stakeholders

- Anticipate system-wide consequences of design choices

- Shape technical roadmap with business context

WHAT WE EXPECT

Core Technical Expertise (7–10+ years)

- Distributed systems: partitioning, replication, consistency, failure modes

- Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS), Kubernetes, containerization, CI/CD

- Databases: SQL + NoSQL trade-offs, indexing, query optimization

- Strong in Java/Kotlin, Go, or Python

- High-performance, multi threaded, low-latency systems

Data & Infrastructure

- Large-scale pipelines: Kafka, Spark, Flink

- Cost-efficient cloud design & operations

- Observability mindset: metrics, tracing, alerting

- Comfortable with OSS, reading source, contributing when needed

Ways of Working

- Writes clear RFCs/design docs that ship

- Leads through ambiguity in high-stakes environments

- Adapts to shifting priorities without losing quality

- Uses GenAI tools to accelerate problem-solving

WHY JOIN US

- Real scale: AI workflows across GPU clouds + Android + TV

- Cutting-edge: GenAI, multimodal inference, on-device ML

- Full stack commerce: inspiration → visualization → purchase

- Impact: products reaching millions daily

- Ownership: architect and ship, not just maintain

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