Staff Software Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to provide deep technical leadership across multiple teams and drive the design and execution of complex, cross-cutting engineering initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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