Staff Engineer
The Farmer's Dog3 months ago
Base Salary
$207k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Guide the strategic evolution of core and new systems by establishing boundaries, leading migrations, and enabling resilient architecture.
- Identify system risks, constraints, and opportunities to influence product and business strategy.
- Build alignment across engineering pods, business partners, and cross-functional departments.
- Partner with Staff Engineers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Designers, and Data teams on organizational and technical strategy.
- Research, prototype, and introduce new technologies, including AI and automation tools, in alignment with company standards.
- Lead the organization’s technical approach to AI and define responsible, high-leverage usage practices.
- Develop expertise in data flows across systems and domains to guide architecture and integration decisions.
- Mentor and coach engineers, including senior engineers, and drive engineering excellence.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise designing and evolving systems at scale.
- Experience leading architectural initiatives that improve system reliability, maintainability, and extensibility.
- Experience partnering with Product teams on business strategy and balancing short- and long-term priorities.
- Ability to work effectively across teams and drive impact beyond an immediate scope.
- Ability to evaluate the benefits and risks of AI in engineering.
- Strong ownership, problem-solving, prioritization, attention to detail, and communication skills.
- Experience mentoring and elevating senior engineers.
- Ability to operate proactively in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
Benefits
- Dog-friendly office in SoHo.
- Market-competitive compensation and equity packages.
- Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
- Company-supported mental health benefits.
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Discounted fresh food for employees’ dogs.
- In-office work required four to five days per week.
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About The Farmer's Dog
The Farmer’s Dog makes and delivers freshly cooked, personalized dog food for U.S. pet owners through a direct-to-consumer subscription. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, it produces meals in-house and ships nationwide, with over 1 billion meals delivered. The privately held company also builds its own e-commerce, subscription, and fulfillment systems to manage pricing, billing, and orders.