Staff Software Engineer

Description

• Own and drive technical designs for complex systems, including cloud-native, distributed, and service architectures, setting the standard for the organization. • Establish and evolve best practices and guidelines for software development, integration, testing, and deployment across the engineering organization. • Lead cross-functional collaboration with developers, infrastructure engineers, product owners, and executive stakeholders to ensure consistent implementation of the architecture and alignment with business strategy. • Drive adoption of new technologies and approaches across teams, particularly around scalability, reliability, and security, making strategic technical decisions that impact the entire platform. • Communicate architectural vision, strategies, and the benefits of design decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, including executives. • Lead the development and implementation of large-scale engineering initiatives, from conception to completion, with full ownership of outcomes. • Demonstrate deep expertise with TypeScript, Node.JS, Ember, Python, Go, Docker, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and related technologies. • Lead thorough testing, debugging, and optimization of solutions, establishing quality standards for the organization. • Champion Agile software development practices and drive continuous improvement in team processes. • Explore and innovate on micro-frontend framework solutions to enable modular, scalable, and independently deployable frontend architectures across the platform. • Define the vision for AI-powered tools and agentic workflows, driving organization-wide adoption to accelerate development and improve code quality. • Serve as the primary technical leader and mentor for engineers at all levels, establishing agentic coding practices and knowledge-sharing culture to elevate the entire engineering organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing web-based applications with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex projects • Deep expertise in programming languages (e.g., JavaScript/TS, Go, Python) and extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). • Extensive experience with SPA frameworks (e.g., Ember.js, React, Vue) and distributed systems architecture. • Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of the organization • Natural ability to lead and direct technical vision across multiple teams and projects • History of mentoring and developing other engineers • Passion for technical excellence and continuous learning.

Benefits

• Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life • Comprehensive employee health coverage (all locations) • 401K with match (US) or pension with match (UK) • Competitive compensation & bonus program • Flexible Vacation (US exempt & CA) or 25 days (UK) • Time off for your birthday & volunteering • Employee resource groups • Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!

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