Staff Software Engineer - Typescript

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical lead for one of our product groups. This role combines deep technical execution with team-level technical leadership — you'll be the engineering anchor for your team, driving technical direction, raising the quality bar, and helping your teammates deliver at their best.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Drive technical direction for your team, ensuring the team is building the right things the right way
• Identify technical risks, surface tradeoffs, and push for decisions that hold up at scale
• Influence roadmap priorities by bringing a strong technical perspective into product and planning conversations
• Lead code reviews and set the quality bar for your team
• Technical Execution: Write high-quality, maintainable code in TypeScript/JavaScript using modern frameworks and libraries
• Architect and implement scalable, performant web applications and APIs
• Build and maintain robust integrations and data pipelines for complex business workflows
• Ensure the performance, reliability, and security of your product area
• Work hands-on with cloud services (preferably GCP) and modern infrastructure practices
• Design and implement event-driven architectures and real-time systems

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on modern web development
• Proven track record of leading technical delivery on complex, distributed systems in production environments
• Experience as a tech lead or in a similar role where you drove technical direction for a team
• Strong understanding of full-stack development principles and scalable system design
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably GCP
• Experience building complex web applications and working with large datasets
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern web development ecosystem
• Strong experience with React and/or other modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js, Angular)
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and server-side JavaScript development
• Experience with modern build tools and development workflows (Webpack, Vite, etc.)
• Strong understanding of API design and development (REST, GraphQL)
• Experience with database systems and data modeling (SQL and NoSQL)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of distributed system patterns and microservices architecture
• Comfortable driving technical direction without direct management authority
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Ability to give direct, constructive feedback to peers and junior engineers
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Proactive about surfacing risks, gaps, and opportunities rather than waiting to be asked
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other Staff/Principal Engineers and teams across the organization

Skills

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern web development ecosystem
• Strong experience with React and/or other modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js, Angular)
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and server-side JavaScript development
• Experience with modern build tools and development workflows (Webpack, Vite, etc.)
• Strong understanding of API design and development (REST, GraphQL)
• Experience with database systems and data modeling (SQL and NoSQL)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of distributed system patterns and microservices architecture
• Experience with high-performance, scalable web applications