Senior Software Engineer, Platform

About Us Weekend 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 through 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. Role Summary Weekend is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform Team — the team that owns the foundational backend services powering all of Weekend’s AI-powered games. You’ll work on identity management, payment systems, leaderboards, party systems, controller integrations, and developer tooling. You’ll also help bring Weekend to new platforms like TVs and consoles, and contribute to the agent harnesses we’re building to autonomously develop new plat