Staff Software Engineer
Lead full-stack development on Hover's Core UX team, building scalable customer experiences with Ruby on Rails, React, and React Native to solve complex property workflows.
Staff Software Engineer
Leads end-to-end development of consumer-facing web features with frontend focus, driving architecture, mentoring engineers, and collaborating cross-functionally. Requires 8+ years experience, deep React/Next.js expertise, and full-stack fluency.
230k – 270kSeattle, WAFullstack EngineeringHybrid8+ YOE
About the role
What You'll Do
- Lead end-to-end development of user-facing features across web and backend systems
- Champion front-end architecture, performance, and accessibility best practices
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate customer needs into thoughtful, scalable solutions
- Drive technical decision-making and execution on complex initiatives
- Contribute to and shape our engineering standards, architecture, and tooling
- Mentor other engineers and contribute to the growth of engineering culture and technical excellence
- Balance delivery speed and quality, making pragmatic choices around trade-offs
- Help evolve our UI component systems, frontend infrastructure, and testing strategies
Skills You Bring
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, including leadership on high-impact projects
- Proven ability to ship production features end-to-end, including frontend UI, APIs, and backend services
- Deep expertise in modern front-end technologies (React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Next.js)
- Full-stack fluency, including experience with backend technologies (e.g., Node.js, GraphQL/REST APIs, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, cloud platforms)
- Proven ability to drive technical direction and architecture in cross-functional settings across multiple teams
- Strong product sense and empathy for end users
- Experience mentoring engineers and helping grow technical capabilities on a team
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments with evolving requirements
Bonus Points
- Experience with design systems or large-scale UI infrastructure
- Track record of delivering consumer-scale web applications
- Familiarity with experimentation, analytics, and product iteration cycles
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production readiness best practices
Compensation
- $230-270k base
- Equity Options
Skills
ReactJavaScriptTypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsGraphQLREST APIsMongoDBPostgresCI/CD
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