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Staff Software Engineer

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Staff Software Engineer

  • Lead the design and execution of large, complex, cross-team engineering initiatives.
  • Develop architectural standards and reference patterns adopted across multiple engineering teams.
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence the technical direction of the organization.
  • Lead detailed technical design reviews and architectural decision-making for high-impact initiatives, ensuring designs are well-scoped, trade-offs are made explicit, and outcomes are documented for future reference.
  • Operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, translating long-term goals into concrete engineering plans.
  • Drive significant improvements in reliability, scalability, and performance of critical platforms.
  • Lead production incident response and post-incident learning for major issues.
  • Partner with engineering managers, product, and executives on technical roadmaps.
  • Set and uphold the engineering hiring bar through technical interviews, structured calibration, and contributions to recruiting initiatives that grow the team without diluting quality.
  • Contribute hands-on code where most leveraged, focusing on high-impact components.
  • Drive engineering culture, including code quality, documentation, and operational rigor.
  • Represent engineering in cross-functional planning, prioritization, and roadmap discussions, helping product, design, and business stakeholders make informed decisions grounded in real technical trade-offs.
  • Author and review technical RFCs, architecture decision records, and design documents that crystallize key technical decisions and create durable institutional memory across the engineering organization.

Staff Software Engineer

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
  • Eight or more years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Proven track record of leading complex, cross-team engineering initiatives.
  • Deep expertise in at least one of distributed systems, cloud platforms, or large-scale data systems.
  • Strong programming skills in at least one major backend language.
  • Excellent system-design and architecture skills.
  • Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership of senior engineers.
  • Strong understanding of operational excellence, reliability, and observability.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Track record of influencing engineering culture and standards.

Staff Software Engineer

  • Experience driving multi-year platform modernization initiatives.
  • Public technical contributions (talks, papers, OSS) in relevant areas.
  • Hands-on experience operating large-scale production systems.
  • Exposure to building engineering organizations as well as platforms.
  • Familiarity with FinOps and cost-aware engineering practices.
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