Staff Software Engineer

13 days ago

Remote, United StatesStaff+

Base Salary

$150k - $225k/yr

Responsibilities

Architect and implement scalable, secure, maintainable core services, systems, and APIs.
Provide technical leadership across multiple projects, including system design, coding practices, and performance optimization.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
Lead design reviews, code reviews, technical documentation, and RFCs.
Investigate and resolve critical production issues while ensuring reliability and uptime.
Drive adoption of engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks across teams.
Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers.

At least eight years of software engineering experience, including designing and shipping large-scale systems.
Deep proficiency in one or more backend or full-stack languages such as Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript.
Strong knowledge of distributed systems, API design, SQL and NoSQL databases, and cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration such as Kubernetes, and observability practices.
Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction.
Experience in a high-growth technology company or fast-paced startup is preferred.
Familiarity with event-driven architectures, streaming systems such as Kafka or Pub/Sub, or microservice patterns is preferred.
Background in platform engineering, DevOps, or site reliability is preferred.
Contributions to open source projects or technical publications are preferred.

1,001-5,000 employees