Hybrid Staff Software Engineer

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About the role

  • Staff Software Engineer building and leading secure backend systems at fintech startup. Collaborating with product and engineering teams to optimize performance and drive innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and lead the development of secure, reliable, and scalable backend systems
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship across multiple teams and projects
  • Establish and champion coding standards, architectural principles, and technical direction for the engineering organization
  • Partner closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to align technical strategy with business goals
  • Drive continuous optimization of system performance, scalability, and reliability to support rapid growth and evolving business demands
  • Own complex, high-impact projects and initiatives end-to-end—from architecture and strategic planning through successful deployment and ongoing optimization
  • Drive the evolution of developer experience through advanced tooling, comprehensive observability frameworks, and platform reliability improvements
  • Mentor and develop engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and technical guidance
  • Contribute to the technical roadmap and identify opportunities for innovation

Requirements

  • Exceptional proficiency in programming languages such as Go (our primary backend language), Java, Python, or similar languages
  • Extensive experience architecting complex distributed systems, with a deep understanding of advanced design patterns and architectural paradigms
  • Proven track record designing and delivering mission-critical systems that operate at massive scale with exceptional reliability
  • Advanced knowledge of sophisticated data structures, algorithms, and performance optimization techniques
  • Deep expertise with cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and advanced CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and infrastructure-as-code
  • Exceptional proficiency in troubleshooting, debugging, and complex problem-solving abilities, with experience resolving critical production incidents
  • Exceptional communication, cross-functional collaboration, and technical leadership skills
  • Demonstrated experience driving technical decision-making and mentoring senior engineers
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Leading configured work computers of your choice
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Fully covered, high-quality healthcare, including fully covered dependent coverage
  • Additional health coverage includes access to One Medical and the option to enroll in an FSA
  • 20 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and 8 weeks for all new parents
  • Access to industry-leading technology across all of our business units, stemming from our philosophy that we should invest in resources for our team that foster innovation, optimization, and productivity

Job title

Staff Software Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$200,000 - $250,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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