Staff Software Engineer, Architecture

Role Overview

• Own and drive technical designs for complex systems, including cloud-native, distributed, and service architectures, setting the standard for the organization.
• Establish and evolve best practices and guidelines for software development, integration, testing, and deployment across the engineering organization.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with developers, infrastructure engineers, product owners, and executive stakeholders to ensure consistent implementation of the architecture and alignment with business strategy.
• Drive adoption of new technologies and approaches across teams, particularly around scalability, reliability, and security, making strategic technical decisions that impact the entire platform.
• Communicate architectural vision, strategies, and the benefits of design decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, including executives.
• Lead the development and implementation of large-scale engineering initiatives, from conception to completion, with full ownership of outcomes.
• Demonstrate deep expertise with TypeScript, Node.JS, Ember, Python, Go, Docker, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and related technologies.
• Lead thorough testing, debugging, and optimization of solutions, establishing quality standards for the organization.
• Champion Agile software development practices and drive continuous improvement in team processes.
• Explore and innovate on micro-frontend framework solutions to enable modular, scalable, and independently deployable frontend architectures across the platform.
• Define the vision for AI-powered tools and agentic workflows, driving organization-wide adoption to accelerate development and improve code quality.
• Serve as the primary technical leader and mentor for engineers at all levels, establishing agentic coding practices and knowledge-sharing culture to elevate the entire engineering organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing web-based applications with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex projects
• Deep expertise in programming languages (e.g., JavaScript/TS, Go, Python) and extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Extensive experience with SPA frameworks (e.g., Ember.js, React, Vue) and distributed systems architecture.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Natural ability to lead and direct technical vision across multiple teams and projects
• History of mentoring and developing other engineers
• Passion for technical excellence and continuous learning.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• Docker
• Ember.js
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Node.js
• Postgres
• Python
• React
• TypeScript
• Vue.js
• Go

Benefits

• Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life
• Comprehensive employee health coverage (all locations)
• 401K with match (US) or pension with match (UK)
• Competitive compensation & bonus program
• Flexible Vacation (US exempt & CA) or 25 days (UK)
• Time off for your birthday & volunteering
• Employee resource groups
• Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!