Staff Engineer

About the role

The Farmer’s Dog is seeking a Staff Engineer to guide the strategic evolution of core and new systems, establish clear boundaries, lead migrations, and enable resilient architecture that scales and adapts to business needs now and for the future. This role will influence product and business strategy through deep understanding of our systems and products by identifying risks, constraints, and opportunities. The ideal candidate will foster alignment across the organization by building trust between pods and business partners, refining priorities, and ensuring the engineering strategy supports customer and company goals.

Responsibilities

• Guide the strategic evolution of core and new systems, establishing clear boundaries, leading migrations, and enabling resilient architecture that scales and adapts to business needs now and for the future
• Influence product and business strategy through deep understanding of our systems and products by identifying risks, constraints, and opportunities
• Foster alignment across the organization by building trust between pods & business partners, refining priorities, and ensuring the engineering strategy supports customer and company goals
• Partner closely with other Staff Engineers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Designs and Data to steer and shape the organization
• Achieve organizational goals by assessing and introducing new technologies thoughtfully, including AI and automation tools, through research, prototypes, written briefs, and ensuring alignment with our strategy and standards
• Lead the org's technical approach to AI: evaluate where it creates genuine leverage, define how we use it responsibly, and raise the bar on how engineers at TFD apply it in their day-to-day work
• Partner with departments across the organization to ensure a cohesive experience across all of our digital and physical products for our customers
• Develop deep expertise in how data flows across our systems and domains, using that understanding to guide architectural boundaries and integration decisions
• Continuously raise the bar for engineering excellence by modeling high standards, mentoring & coaching engineers at all levels and driving best practices throughout the organization

Requirements

10+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep and varied expertise designing and evolving systems at scale

Leadership experience in architectural initiatives that reshaped systems and made them more reliable, maintainable, and extensible

Experience partnering closely with product on business strategy and helping organizations balance and build short and long term strategy

Ability to succeed in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, naturally curious and proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions

Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to absorb and distill complexity into simple terms to drive decision making

Loves dogs and is excited to join a company that is passionate about changing the pet health industry

Qualifications

Clear-eyed view of AI; knows where it accelerates great engineering and where it introduces risk, and helps teams navigate the differences

Mentor and elevate other senior engineers

Skilled communicator and able to articulate complex ideas in simple terms

Office Guidelines: We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. We are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement.

Skills

Deep expertise in system design and architecture

Experience with large-scale systems and operations

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Experience with AI and automation tools

Benefits

Market-competitive compensation and equity packages

Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision

Company-supported mental health benefits

12 weeks paid parental leave

Competitive 401k plan with company match

Flexible PTO

Discounted fresh food for your pup

Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

Pay

USD annual

Schedule

Full-time