Staff Engineer, California Licensed

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, May 26, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To drive the evolution of data and AI-driven platforms, the full-time remote Staff Engineer, California Licensed will architect scalable backend systems, define data strategies, and integrate AI solutions while mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical roadmaps.

Key responsibilities
  • Design and oversee the implementation of highly scalable, distributed backend systems and microservices using Java, Kotlin, and Python
  • Define the data architecture and modeling standards for relational and non-relational systems, ensuring data integrity and high availability
  • Lead the design of real-time data pipelines and batch processing frameworks to efficiently handle petabyte-scale data
Required qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 5 years using Python and SQL
  • 5 years experience building and consuming APIs for complex data integrations across distributed systems
  • 5 years experience migrating or building large-scale architectures on GCP
  • 4+ years in a Senior or Staff capacity, overseeing large-scale distributed systems

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