Senior Staff Software Engineer- Remote (US Based)

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives from architecture and planning through implementation and delivery.
• Drive technical decision-making for systems that span application, infrastructure, networking, and cloud environments.
• Contribute to architectural direction, scalability planning, reliability improvements, and operational maturity across the platform.
• Debug and resolve complex production and infrastructure issues across distributed systems.
• Partner with engineering leadership to evolve development practices, testing strategies, deployment workflows, and operational standards.
• Produce technical proposals, architecture documents, and implementation plans that align teams around execution.

Mentorship & Collaboration

• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, system design discussions, and collaborative problem solving.
• Help raise engineering quality through thoughtful feedback, documentation, and strong technical execution.
• Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable customer outcomes.
• Communicate technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations clearly across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated track record of leading complex technical projects involving multiple engineers.
• Strong proficiency in software development across multiple languages and paradigms.
• Comfortable using coding agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) as part of your daily workflow.
• Solid understanding of network architecture including routing, switching, VPN protocols, DNS, and firewalls.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud networking constructs such as VPCs, subnets, security groups, transit gateways, and private endpoints.
• Experience working with distributed systems including databases, caches, queues, event-driven systems, and cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts and drive projects through ambiguity to delivery.
• Experience creating technical designs, architecture proposals, and implementation documentation.

Depending on Your Background, You May Have Strength In One Or More Areas

Full Stack

• Proficient in TypeScript and modern web development.
• Comfortable contributing across frontend and backend systems.

Backend

• Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar languages.
• Experience building and maintaining complex, production-grade APIs and services.
• Strong understanding of execution environments and infrastructure-aware application design.

DevOps / Infrastructure

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud-native deployment patterns and containerized environments.
• DevEx experience is a plus.

Networking

• Experience designing or operating secure networking infrastructure, VPN systems, or remote access platforms.
• Strong understanding of networking and security best practices.

Bonus Points

• Strong judgment around reliability, security, privacy, and operational resilience in production systems.
• Experience working in regulated or security-sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, SOC 2, IEC 62443, or similar.
• Previous startup or high-growth company experience.

Benefits

• $150,000-169,000 salary range
• 401(k) w/ company match
• Unlimited paid time off
• Parental leave
• Full medical, dental, vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health savings account
• Performance bonus and equity eligible
• Remote work