Staff Software Engineer

What You’ll Do

• Partner with engineering leadership to define and uphold high standards for system design, code quality, performance, scalability, and security across the team.
• Collaborate closely with product and cross-functional stakeholders to shape requirements, align on priorities, and deliver solutions that meet customer and business needs.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex, high-impact features and systems, from concept through production.
• Own and continuously improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of existing systems, proactively identifying and addressing bottlenecks and risks.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and fostering best practices, elevating the overall capability of the team.
• Influence architectural decisions across multiple services or teams, ensuring alignment with long-term platform strategy.
• Improve system observability through metrics, logging, alerting, and incident learnings.
• Explore opportunities to enhance workflows through AI or automation tools (e.g., document summarization, task routing, or data parsing).
• Stay curious about emerging AI tools and how they can streamline or enhance work within your function.

What You Need

• BS in Computer Science, a relevant field of study, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of Java or similar object-oriented development.
• Relational database design and query, using both SQL and ORM.
• Experience with AWS or other public cloud environments.
• Modern Java frameworks (Spring Boot) preferred.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production environments.
• Comfort using or learning AI-supported tools (e.g., ChatGPT, CoPilot, or role-specific tools) to improve daily workflows.
• A forward-thinking, curious mindset with an openness to experimenting with new technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment and creativity in designing solutions.
• Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth, and rapidly evolving environments.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote-first environment.
• The ability to travel periodically for work.

Technology We Use

• Modern Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Spring Boot, React/Redux
• Services communicating using Kafka and REST APIs
• MySQL relational databases
• ElasticSearch and other document-oriented databases
• AWS cloud environment
• Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform for deployment