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CricutLead Software Engineer (API/Agentic)
Cricut creates smart cutting machines, materials, and design applications that help a global community of makers personalize apparel, home decor, and crafts. The company is currently…
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Cricut creates smart cutting machines, materials, and design applications that help a global community of makers personalize apparel, home decor, and crafts. The company is currently seeking a Lead Software Engineer (API/Agentic) to join its team. This role focuses on developing production backend code, designing scalable services, and incorporating AI-assisted development tools into daily workflows. The position requires working from an office location 4 to 5 days per week. Ideal…
Job Description
Cricut creates smart cutting machines, materials, and design applications that help a global community of makers personalize apparel, home decor, and crafts. The company is currently seeking a Lead Software Engineer (API/Agentic) to join its team. This role focuses on developing production backend code, designing scalable services, and incorporating AI-assisted development tools into daily workflows.
The position requires working from an office location 4 to 5 days per week. Ideal candidates move with urgency, maintain high quality standards, collaborate effectively, and integrate modern AI engineering tools into their problem-solving and software delivery processes.
Responsibilities
- Write, review, and ship production backend code utilizing AI-assisted tools and automated testing
- Design and build end-to-end APIs and services, handling everything from technical planning to release
- Contribute to backend architecture across C#/.NET and Python services to ensure maintainability
- Establish versioned API contracts for iOS, Android, and desktop client teams
- Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and client engineering to turn specifications into shipped features
- Optimize service scalability, throughput, latency, caching, database efficiency, and cloud costs
- Create and maintain automated unit, integration, contract, and load tests
- Drive CI/CD automation, containerized cloud service deployments, and release quality
- Deploy updates behind feature flags using progressive rollouts and production telemetry validation
- Monitor service health, manage observability metrics, and participate in incident response and on-call rotations
- Conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and evaluate emerging technologies
Requirements
- Over 8 years of professional backend software development experience
- Production-level expertise in either C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core) or Python (FastAPI/Django)
- Experience building distributed systems, microservices, modular monoliths, and event-driven asynchronous messaging
- Strong REST API design capabilities including versioning, pagination, idempotency, and OpenAPI documentation
- Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, DynamoDB, and Redis
- Familiarity with concurrency models in .NET or Python
- Hands-on background with major cloud platforms, Docker containers, and Kubernetes orchestration
- At least one year of practical experience with modern AI engineering tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot
- Familiarity with architectural patterns such as Domain-Driven Design and Clean Architecture
- Experience with automated testing pipelines and observability instrumentation
- Ability to work in-office 4 to 5 days per week
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Experience working with both C# and Python
- Background collaborating with mobile and desktop client engineering teams
Core Skills
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
- 401(k) retirement match
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Yearly lifestyle stipend
- Exclusive employee discounts
- Relocation assistance
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this position remote?
No, this role requires working in-office 4 to 5 days per week.
What compensation and benefits are provided?
The posting does not specify a salary. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) match, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, a lifestyle stipend, and employee discounts.
What experience is required for this role?
Candidates need 8+ years of professional backend software development experience with deep expertise in C#/.NET or Python, along with at least one year of practical experience using modern AI engineering tools.
Is relocation assistance available?
Yes, this position is eligible for relocation assistance.
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