Staff Software Engineer, Platform
Build and evolve scalable platform services, APIs, and product capabilities while making architecture decisions and improving reliability and operational excellence. The role requires substantial software engineering experience, distributed-systems expertise, strong technical judgment, and the ability to mentor engineers.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship scalable services, APIs, and product features with an emphasis on reliability, maintainability, and performance.
- Drive technical design and make architecture decisions for new capabilities and improvements to existing systems.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver high-quality solutions addressing customer problems.
- Improve engineering excellence through code reviews, testing, monitoring, logging, debugging, and operational best practices.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to team direction by sharing knowledge, providing technical guidance, and helping scale effective engineering practices.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products.
- Strong experience with one or more modern programming languages, such as Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, or similar.
- Experience designing scalable distributed systems, data models, APIs, and cloud-native services.
- Strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify risks, bugs, and bottlenecks early.
- Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver complex technical initiatives.
Nice-to-Haves
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products.
- Experience leading technical projects and designing distributed systems.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base compensation range: $180,000–$200,000 USD.
- Compensation may vary based on education, work experience, and certifications.
- Total compensation may include restricted stock units.
- Benefits may include health, pharmacy, optical and dental care, paid time off, sick time off, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and 401(k) contributions, subject to eligibility requirements.
Skills
Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Distributed Systems, APIs, Cloud-Native Services, Data Modeling, Monitoring, Logging, Testing
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