Senior Staff Software Engineer
Bluestaq US External16 hours ago
Washington, DC, USA +2 moreStaff+
Base Salary
$150k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead multi-team engineering initiatives, major re-architectures, platform capabilities, migrations, and cross-product integrations.
- Design and implement large-scale platform components, shared libraries, architectures, and infrastructure.
- Drive cross-team improvements in testing strategy, observability, CI/CD pipelines, coding standards, security posture, and developer experience.
- Identify and reduce technical fragmentation, systemic risks, performance gaps, and test fragility across multiple codebases and teams.
- Own technical outcomes across organizational boundaries with minimal direction and anticipate long-term risks.
- Coach Staff and Senior engineers and help develop broader technical leaders.
- Represent engineering in roadmap, architecture, and organizational investment discussions.
Requirements
- Exceptional proficiency across multiple software engineering domains, including distributed systems, API design, data architecture, frontend or backend development, and platform engineering.
- Demonstrated success leading multi-team technical initiatives through production at organizational scale with measurable impact.
- Deep expertise in large-scale system design, platform architecture, and cross-cutting technical strategy across multiple stacks and deployment environments.
- Experience driving improvements in testing, observability, CI/CD, security, or shared infrastructure.
- Proven ability to resolve systemic technical risks and fragmentation across teams and codebases.
- Strong technical communication, cross-team influence, and organizational leadership skills.
- Experience coaching or developing Staff-level engineers into broader technical leaders.
- PhD plus 6 or more years, Master's degree plus 8 or more years, Bachelor's degree plus 10 or more years, Associate degree plus 12 or more years, or high school diploma/GED plus 14 or more years of relevant experience.
- Preferred experience includes shared platforms, internal developer tooling, large-scale migrations, performance engineering, reliability initiatives, technical debt reduction, federal software standards, engineering strategy, hiring, publications, conference presentations, open-source ownership, or standards contributions.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
- 401(k) contributions with up to 6% employer matching and an additional discretionary 4% profit share on day one, with Roth options and no vesting period.
- Annual performance bonus eligibility and $200,000 employer-paid life insurance with short- and long-term disability coverage.
- $5,000 annual professional development budget, 20 days of PTO, and 8 paid holidays.
- Pet insurance, onsite gym, flexible schedule, and relocation assistance for full-time positions.
- Colorado Springs roles require 3–4 days onsite per week; roles based in Washington, DC, Dallas, and Salt Lake City are remote until local offices are established, after which 3–4 onsite days will be required.
- The position may require an active TS/SCI clearance, and Bluestaq will sponsor eligible candidates through the clearance process based on program needs.
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About Bluestaq US External
Bluestaq builds data integration and management platforms that break down silos and deliver time-critical information across defense, government, and commercial environments. Its software and secure infrastructure support space domain awareness and satellite command-and-control workflows, including work with U.S. Space Force programs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, it operates globally with teams in London, Brisbane, and Canberra, and is privately held.