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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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

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