Sr. Staff Software Engineer
About The Position
The Sr. Staff Software Engineer leads and contributes to software systems from initial design through development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. The role requires deep technical knowledge of the company’s applications, services, systems, or frameworks and is a strategic contributor to product features, production support, and on-call incident response. This engineer delivers scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant applications, primarily using Java and Kotlin, and builds data pipelines that transform incoming data into Kafka streams and KeyLife Indicators (KLIs). The role shapes architecture and product direction, leads technical discussions and reviews, optimizes system performance, integrates with MANTL APIs, and builds or extends Vue.js frontend features when needed. It also includes maintaining environment configurations and system health, using observability tools, improving automation and service operability, and modernizing legacy applications. As a technical team lead, the engineer mentors developers, supports sprint and project planning, delegates work, establishes engineering standards, and works across teams with designers, product owners, customers, and other stakeholders. The role also drives AI-assisted engineering strategies, improves developer workflows, and advances prompt and context engineering practices. The position is remote-first and can be performed remotely in the United States. Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.; employment sponsorship is not available.
Requirements
- Typically requires at least 12 years of related experience, or 8 years of experience and an advanced degree.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or another related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Exceptional programming skills in Java or Kotlin and proven experience as a backend-leaning full-stack developer.
- Strong experience with Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful APIs.
- Strong proficiency with Kafka fundamentals, streaming, and performance tuning.
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for frontend work.
- In-depth understanding of the software development process, including design, development, and deployment.
- Exceptional experience developing and deploying applications for cloud-native infrastructure, with advanced experience using AWS and Kubernetes.
- Experience building applications using microservices architecture and an API-first mindset.
- Ability to collaborate effectively in an agile framework, bring a problem-solving attitude, and consider a variety of approaches.
- Excellent analytical and time-management skills, with the ability to deliver cross-organization impact independently.
- Advanced experience with OpenTelemetry.
- Intermediate SQL database querying skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and experience planning and leading complex technical projects involving several teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience providing technical input.
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation of one week per month.
- Ability to drive and expand AI-assisted engineering strategies, optimize developer workflows, guide complex modernization initiatives, and advance prompt and context engineering standards.
- Physical ability to lift 5 to 10 pounds unassisted; stand, sit, stoop, walk, stretch, reach, and use a full range of body motions; and use manual dexterity as required for specific equipment.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States; employment sponsorship is unavailable.
Nice To Haves
- Maven experience.
- Vue.js experience.
- Master’s degree in engineering, technology, or a related field.
- Experience building and deploying applications on Amazon Web Services.
Responsibilities
- Deliver scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant production applications in Java and Kotlin.
- Help prevent, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues, including responding to on-call incidents.
- Design architectures, influence the product roadmap, and take ownership of new projects.
- Lead architecture discussions and code and design reviews.
- Participate throughout the application lifecycle, including coding, debugging, development, and deployment.
- Build pipelines that transform incoming data into Kafka streams and KeyLife Indicators (KLIs).
- Identify system bottlenecks and optimize performance, including Kafka tuning.
- Integrate with MANTL APIs for data collection.
- Lead developers and collaborate with designers and product owners to identify features.
- Build and extend Vue.js frontend features as needed to support backend-driven work.
- Use modern technologies to improve legacy applications.
- Gather and address technical and design requirements.
- Set up and maintain environment configurations and monitor system health, including observability with Prometheus and Grafana.
- Provide training and support to internal teams.
- Mentor others, lead sprint planning, delegate assignments, and participate in project planning as a Technical Team Lead.
- Introduce and enhance tools that increase automation and service operability.
- Work with customers and business stakeholders to deliver software products that meet their needs.
- Establish and maintain engineering organization standards.
- Drive AI-assisted engineering strategies, optimize developer workflows, and advance prompt and context engineering standards.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, stated as one week per month.
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Remote-first work environment.
- Additional benefits are mentioned but not specified.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
