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Chestnut

Software Engineer (Staff-Level)

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9 months ago
Seattle, WA, USA or San Francisco, CA, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of critical systems for the platform.
  • Make architectural decisions optimizing for scale, performance, and maintainability.
  • Partner with product, design, and engineering leaders to define roadmaps.
  • Identify and unblock high-risk areas across teams, diving deep when needed.
  • Raise the bar for engineering excellence through mentorship and code review.
  • Help establish engineering culture, norms, and hiring standards.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building and scaling complex software systems.
  • Experience leading architecture or technical strategy for a product or platform team.
  • Comfortable working across backend, data, and infrastructure layers.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to find pragmatic solutions.
  • Excited to shape the technical direction of a growing company.
  • Strong communication skills and enjoy cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity with a 10-year exercise window for stock options.
  • Remote-first culture built on trust, autonomy, and high performance.
  • Team offsites for bonding.
  • Take what you need vacation policy.
  • Top-notch health, dental, and vision insurance subsidized by the company.

Tech Stack

GoKubernetesPostgreSQLReactSnowflakeTailwind CSSTypeScript

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringFull Stack