Staff Software Engineer – Full-stack

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

📋 Description

• Define and lead the technical strategy across multiple squads, identifying systemic gaps, proposing architectural directions, and managing complex projects from initiation to completion.

• Create an environment conducive to squad success: develop sustainable abstractions, common patterns, and platform primitives that minimize friction between teams rather than within individual teams.

• Work in high-ambiguity environments: tackle issues that are not yet clearly defined enough to be assigned to a squad, where your role is to provide clarity and make them manageable.

• Influence architectural decisions that endure beyond any single squad rotation, balancing the long-term health of the system with the practical pace of a fast-moving organization.

• Establish and refine engineering standards: dictate how the team leverages AI-assisted development, define what constitutes a good code review, and guide our approach to build vs. buy vs. adopt decisions.

• Mentor and uplift engineers across squads, not through formal programs, but through the quality of your reviews, your Requests for Comments (RFCs), and your participation in technical discussions.

• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to inform the technical roadmap, highlighting constraints and opportunities that require in-depth system knowledge to identify.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, demonstrating technical ownership that spans multiple teams, not just individual projects.

• Proven ability to set architectural direction at the organizational or platform level, beyond just a team's scope.

• Proficient across the full tech stack, with the expertise to navigate from frontend architecture to infrastructure trade-offs as required by the problem.

• Experience in a squad or rotation-based model, or possess the instincts of someone who would excel in such an environment.

• Strong grasp of distributed systems, API design, data modeling, and scalable cloud-native infrastructure.

• Active and knowledgeable use of AI coding tools, with insights on their effective application, not merely their use.

• Outstanding communication skills: capable of drafting RFCs that achieve alignment, providing impactful feedback, and articulating complex trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

• Comfort with ambiguity: able to make progress without complete clarity, and skilled at guiding others rather than retreating into a problem.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Work Environment: Remote work with flexible hours and unlimited PTO.

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan to secure your future.

• Parental Leave: 8 weeks at 100% regardless of state.

• Company Retreats: Annual company summit trips.

• Home Office Budget: $1,000 per year for home office improvements.