Software Development Engineer at jiffyshirts

Compensation

$170,000 – $220,000/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Irvine, California
Type: Full-time
Posted: May 11, 2026

Description

Jiffy.com is looking for a Software Development Engineer with extensive experience in orchestrating AI coding agents to develop production-ready software quickly. The role involves leading end-to-end feature deliveries across their e-commerce platform, utilizing AI-driven workstreams, and contributing to defining an AI-native engineering culture. Engineers at Jiffy focus on directing AI agents rather than traditional coding.

Required Skills

AI Coding Agent Orchestration
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
Rails 8
Solidus e-commerce
GraphQL APIs
React 19
Kubernetes infrastructure
RSpec
Vitest
Playwright

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production systems at scale.
Hands-on experience using AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or equivalent) as a primary development tool.
Proven ability to run multiple agents in parallel and manage concurrent work streams without losing quality, context, or accountability.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience authoring or extending AI developer tooling — custom skills, slash commands, MCP servers, sub-agents, evaluation harnesses, or prompt libraries used by a team.
Experience with Ruby on Rails and Solidus / Spree, or other large-scale e-commerce platforms.
Experience with React 19, TypeScript, GraphQL (Apollo), Tailwind, and modern state management (React Query, XState, Jotai).
Experience operating services on Kubernetes (Istio, KEDA, Flagger) and modern observability stacks
Experience driving agents to maintain and extend test suites with Playwright, Vitest, and RSpec.
Track record of mentoring engineers on AI-native workflows, publishing internal patterns, or leading an organization through the shift away from manual coding.
Documented improvements in features-per-week, cycle time, or review time directly attributable to AI adoption.
Experience shipping in a fast-paced, agile environment at a high-growth startup or tech company.