Staff Software Engineer – Fullstack

Staff Software Engineer – Fullstack

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in designing, building, shipping, and maintaining complex full-stack software at scale
• 3+ years experience successfully leading and managing a team
• Fluency in at least one backend and one frontend language, with a willingness to learn Python and JavaScript
• Experience working in a startup environment and possess the ability to operate effectively and independently when faced with ambiguity
• Ability to ramp up quickly to our product ecosystem to contribute to large and impactful projects
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences and topics, both written and verbal
• Ability to provide excellent feedback in technical specs, code reviews, and team discussions
• Passion for making a difference in the lives of our users

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic leader in identifying the best technical and product opportunities
• Up-level and set the bar for engineering
• Dive deep into the most important, highest complexity problems at the company

Preferred Qualifications

• A track record of identifying the right problems to solve, advocating for and driving change, and keeping stakeholders in the loop
• Experience with building consumer-facing product(s) for large user bases
• Flexibility in operating as a pure individual contributor or as a manager of a small team
• Curiosity and excitement when confronted with new technologies, stacks, or novel problems
• Excellent judgment when trading off speed of shipping vs. robustness and scalability
• The ability to adapt and communicate smoothly across all levels of seniority
• A focus on impact and ability to prioritize both long-term and short term needs
• Eagerness to participate at the strategic level when it comes to the technical and product roadmap and prioritization on the organization-level
• Passion and skill for mentoring and up-leveling other engineers