Staff Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee extensive, cross-team technical initiatives on Pathstream's platform as a senior individual contributor.

• Report directly to the engineering lead of the pod without having any direct reports.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in the systems managed by the team, comprehending data flows throughout Pathstream's platform.

• Manage multi-person projects from the design phase to production.

• Establish the technical standards for the pod and support the growth of engineers.

• Promote AI-native engineering methodologies and AI-enhanced development tools along with agentic engineering workflows.

• Take ownership of team delivery involving AI, which includes project scoping, sequencing, staffing, and throughput management.

• Maintain shared AI frameworks such as context files, skills, conventions, and workflows.

• Spearhead the adoption of Claude Code, Claude skills, MCP servers, and AI code review processes.

• Enhance verification practices, testing strategies, staged rollouts, and overall observability.

• Oversee significant feature releases that span across team boundaries.

• Troubleshoot intricate engineering issues and guide decisions on trade-offs.

• Decompose complex initiatives into manageable tasks for less experienced team members.

• Draft architectural documents and assess the technical documents of other teams.

• Champion quality, security, SOC2 compliance, vulnerability management, and enterprise controls.

• Deliver comprehensive, constructive, and supportive code reviews.

• Engage in emergency incidents and enhance incident detection, prevention, and response strategies.

• Mentor engineers over an extended timeline.

• Collaborate effectively with product, design, and cross-functional teams.

• Influence the hiring process and assist in developing engineering talent.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of professional software engineering experience, demonstrating a strong history as a senior engineer.

• Expertise in one or more technical domains, with proficiency across a wide array of others.

• Experience in leading projects that span multiple teams.

• Proven track record of delivering systems relied upon by other engineers.

• In-depth knowledge of Ruby on Rails, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Docker, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

• Practical experience in managing production systems that handle customer data.

• Familiarity with security and compliance requirements in a SaaS setting.

• Experience in developing AI tools, including skills, MCP servers, context files, evaluation harnesses, or multi-step agentic workflows.

• History of deploying AI features in production systems where an LLM is a primary component.

• Involvement with evaluation, observability, and cost management for AI systems.

• Ability to rigorously verify AI outputs and identify potential failure modes.

• Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities.

• Capacity to make data-driven decisions despite incomplete information.

• Applicants must have authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.; visa sponsorship is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• A transparent and social culture that offers challenging work, rapid learning opportunities, practical training, and constructive feedback.

• A strong sense of ownership with strategic work that influences our product, users, colleagues, business, and the world.

• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for you; 50% for partner/spouse and dependents.

• Flexible spending accounts for health, commuting, and parking expenses.

• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (mental health, financial health, legal support).

• Complimentary access to well-being applications (Ginger, Headspace).

• Flexible paid time off and paid holidays.

• Generous paid parental leave policy.

• Short and long-term disability insurance.

• Annual budget allocated for professional development.

• Company-issued laptop.

• Remote-first work culture.

• Life insurance fully covered by the company.

• 401(k) retirement plan.