Staff Software Engineer (Remote)

Join our innovative engineering practice as a Staff Software Engineer, where you’ll be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge platform services. Our focus is on speed, performance, edge computing, and accessibility. You’ll have the opportunity to work with bleeding-edge front-end technologies and microservices architecture, driving efficiency and scalability in our systems.

In short, you’ll have the opportunity to

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team
• Architect and implement scalable solutions for complex problems
• Drive best practices in code quality, testing, and system design
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical strategy with business goals
• Lead code reviews and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Contribute to strategic technical decisions and long-term planning

If you are passionate about building robust, high-performing applications and have a strong background in backend and distributed systems, we want to hear from you!

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience in software development, focusing on backend and distributed systems
• Strong background in reliability engineering with extensive experience with observability and monitoring
• Advanced proficiency in Node.js, Cloudflare, TypeScript, Solid.js and React-style libraries, with a demonstrated ability to optimize for speed and efficiency in complex codebases
• Extensive experience with modern JavaScript tools and practices including trunk-based development and code quality tooling
• Strong familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL and WebSockets, showcasing an ability to integrate diverse data sources using different data vectors
• Experience with cloud platforms (Cloudflare, AWS, GCP, Azure) and serverless architectures
• Proficient in Docker, CI/CD technologies, and DevOps philosophies, with a track record of implementing efficient development pipelines and deployment strategies
• In-depth knowledge of semantic HTML, web accessibility and SEO practices, with a keen understanding of how these elements come together to create robust, high-performing applications

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable platform services and tools, focusing on systems and infrastructure
• Develop and maintain comprehensive observability and monitoring systems
• Implement logging, metrics collection, and distributed tracing across all services
• Create dashboards and alerts for proactive issue detection and resolution
• Conduct performance audits and optimize system efficiency
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team
• Lead architecture reviews and establish best practices for system design and security
• Evaluate and implement new technologies for observability and platform tooling
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and knowledge-sharing practices
• Contribute to the broader tech community through talks or open-source contributions
• Assist in planning and execution of software deliverables
• Participate in the hiring process to build a strong engineering team