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WorkWhileWorkWhileSan Francisco, CA

Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack

Own and evolve complex user-facing product areas end-to-end. Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership to shape roadmap decisions and lead cross-stack initiatives.

220k – 310k/yr
HybridFullstack Engineering

About the role

What you'll do

  • Own and evolve complex, user-facing product areas end-to-end - from product definition and system design to implementation, launch, and iteration
  • Partner closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to shape roadmap decisions and translate ambiguous problems into durable solutions
  • Lead high-leverage initiatives that span frontend, backend, and data concerns, setting clear technical direction and guiding execution
  • Make thoughtful tradeoffs between user experience, system complexity, and delivery speed in a fast-moving product environment
  • Raise the bar on product quality, system correctness, and engineering craft across the stack
  • Act as a force multiplier for the team: reviewing designs, mentoring engineers, and unblocking others

What we're looking for

  • Significant experience building and owning product systems end-to-end, with depth in either frontend (JavaScript, React/React Native) or backend (Python)
  • Strong working fluency across the stack, with the ability to lead product work beyond your primary area of expertise
  • A product-minded approach to engineering — you care deeply about user outcomes, not just technical elegance
  • Proven ability to operate in ambiguity: framing problems, proposing options, and guiding teams toward pragmatic solutions
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical and product direction across disciplines
  • Experience mentoring engineers and raising team-wide technical quality (people management not required)

Nice to have

  • Experience working on marketplace, fintech, or data-sensitive products
  • Background in scaling early-stage products or evolving systems as usage grows
  • Interest in shaping engineering practices and standards as the team scales

Skills

JavaScriptReactReact NativePythonFrontend DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentSystem DesignProduct Engineering
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