Staff Software Engineer

What You’ll Do:

• Lead by doing: Contribute to core systems while modeling high standards in code quality, testing, and design.
• Guide architectural evolution: Drive cross-team initiatives that move our systems toward simplicity, scalability, and testability.
• Coach and mentor: Support engineers at all levels through pairing, design reviews, and hands-on coaching in XP practices.

How We Work:

• Influence through impact: You lead architectural direction and help teams make sound trade-offs that scale across systems and squads.
• Think in systems: You see the connections between teams, technologies, and workflows, and help align them toward cohesive solutions.
• Build shared context: You create clarity across teams, helping others understand not just what we’re building, but why.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience: 10+ years designing and shipping complex, distributed systems.
• Architectural leadership: A track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives that simplified and strengthened core systems.
• Deep technical skill: Expertise in modern backend development - ideally in TypeScript/Node.js or Golang, plus familiarity with AWS and cloud-native infrastructure.