Senior Staff Software Engineer-Backend
Scout Motors10 hours ago
Base Salary
$209k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and drive technical strategy for critical digital platforms across multiple product domains and engineering organizations.
- Shape platform strategy, technology investments, architectural direction, scalable architecture patterns, and engineering standards.
- Lead large, multi-year technical initiatives and provide technical oversight across concurrent programs.
- Resolve ambiguous, business-critical technical challenges affecting multiple products, teams, or functions.
- Improve system simplicity, reduce technical debt, and increase engineering effectiveness at organizational scale.
- Mentor senior engineers, staff engineers, and emerging technical leaders.
- Influence senior technical and business stakeholders and represent engineering with executives, vendors, technology providers, and external partners.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices, tools, and mentoring across engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
- 12+ years of experience building and scaling complex software platforms, including organizational-level technical strategy influence.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, platform engineering, APIs, microservices, cloud-native technologies, and large-scale backend ecosystems.
- Experience defining architectural direction across multiple teams, organizations, or product domains.
- Demonstrated success leading complex initiatives with significant business, customer, or operational impact.
- Experience establishing engineering standards, reference architectures, and technical governance practices.
- Experience evaluating strategic technology decisions, platform selection, build-versus-buy analysis, and long-term technical investments.
- Ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders without direct authority.
- Proven experience mentoring senior engineers and developing future technical leaders.
- Experience partnering with executive leadership to align technical strategy with business objectives.
- Experience representing engineering in strategic engagements with external partners, vendors, and technology providers.
- Strong understanding of organizational scaling challenges, platform evolution, and enterprise architecture practices.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a growth mindset.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans.
- 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting.
- 20 days of planned paid time off, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders.
- Paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.
- Full-time exempt position with an annual performance bonus program.
- Based in San Ramon, California, with three days per week in the office and occasional travel for company events.
- New York City location is not eligible for remote work.
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About Scout Motors
Scout Motors designs and manufactures electric trucks and rugged SUVs for consumer drivers, reviving the historic Scout off‑road brand. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company is building a manufacturing plant in Blythewood, South Carolina. Its lineup targets work and outdoor use, with both an all‑electric powertrain and a Harvester range‑extender option that integrates a gas generator for extended range.