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Staff Software Engineer, Global Markets (Backend)
Remote Software Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
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Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
China
Role overview
Staff Software Engineer, Global Markets (Backend)
Requirements and responsibilities
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- Own technical vision and lead effort to architecture, prototype, build and launch solutions for international markets initiatives (market configuration, localization services, partner integrations, compliance-aware experiences, etc).
- Lead complex, cross-team execution from design through launch, including team roadmap, technical direction, migration plans, rollout strategy, and long-term operability.
- Drive engineering excellence through reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
- Influence roadmaps and collaborate with stakeholders across regions, such as drives alignment, resolves tradeoffs, leads through ambiguity.
- Mentor engineers both within and outside of the team.
- Fluency in English is required. Japanese or Korean working proficiency is a plus .
- 9+ years of professional software engineering experience, including Tech Lead responsibilities (required).
- Proven track record leading end-to-end delivery of high-impact, user-facing products—from technical design and implementation through launch and post-launch operations.
- Demonstrated ability to set technical direction for a team or multi-team area (e.g., defining architecture, establishing engineering standards, and shaping a long-term technical roadmap).
- Strong product mindset: you connect technical decisions to customer outcomes and business impact, and you’re comfortable operating in ambiguity with an iterative, experiment-driven approach.
- Expertise designing and operating systems that are highly available, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient, with clear operational readiness.
- Strong experience working in cross-functional, global environments, driving alignment and results through influence across teams and time zones.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers, raise the quality bar through reviews and coaching, and establish and drive best practices.
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