Senior Staff Software Engineer
Leads backend software and infrastructure direction for large-scale distributed systems, delivering highly scalable and fault-tolerant data-processing platforms. The role requires 15+ years of industry experience, deep systems expertise, and the ability to drive complex technical initiatives and mentor senior engineers.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Solve real business needs at large scale through software engineering.
- Deliver a highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant engine processing hundreds of terabytes of data daily across thousands of customers.
- Perform low-level systems debugging, performance measurement, and optimization on large production clusters.
- Design architecture, influence the product roadmap, and own new projects.
- Prevent and investigate production issues using deep systems experience.
- Plan and lead complex technical projects involving multiple teams.
- Influence and drive organizational roadmap and direction.
- Lead a technical review committee or initiate and sustain engineering-wide initiatives.
- Break down complex problems into potential solutions, knowns, and unknowns, and reduce risk through prototyping and validation.
- Mentor engineers, lead sprint planning, delegate assignments, and participate in project planning.
- Work toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- Drive company initiatives focused on customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures, including real-world applications.
- Experience delivering scalable software systems and customer value.
- Ability to provide technical leadership, mentorship, and organizational influence.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to employees' needs, with region-specific details available.
Skills
Distributed Systems, Algorithms, Data Structures, Systems Debugging, Performance Optimization, Production Clusters, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Architecture Design, Sprint Planning
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