Staff Software Engineer

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

Job Summary

Driving architecture and enhancing developer experience, the full-time Staff Software Engineer will lead complex projects and set technical direction while working remotely.

Key responsibilities
  • Own architecture and technical design for complex initiatives across the Rails + React stack
  • Lead end-to-end delivery for critical projects, balancing short-term feature delivery with long-term platform investments
  • Mentor engineers and model excellent engineering practices to shape the engineering culture
Required qualifications
  • 10+ years of professional experience building and operating production web applications at a Senior/Lead level
  • Deep hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails and React, including APIs and performance tuning
  • Strong system design and architecture skills, including modularization and scaling strategies
  • Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects from ambiguous requirements to successful production rollout
  • Experience owning production systems, including incident response and root cause analysis

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