Staff Engineer

Prodege

10h

About The Position

The Staff Engineer is critical to Prodege’s ability to modernize and scale its platform by leading the evolution of large Java-based systems toward more modular, resilient, and maintainable architecture. This role helps shape the next generation of our platform by improving speed, reliability, and engineering leverage, while supporting a more modern, AI-enabled approach to software development. Through strong technical leadership and hands-on influence, the Staff Engineer reduces technical risk, strengthens engineering standards, and drives durable solutions that balance delivery, stability, and cost efficiency. Prodege is a cutting-edge marketing and consumer insights platform that helps leading brands, marketers, and agencies uncover the answers to their business questions, acquire new customers, increase revenue, and drive brand loyalty & product adoption. Bolstered by a major investment by Blackstone in Q1 2026, Prodege looks forward to more growth and innovation to empower partners to gather meaningful, rich insights and better market to their target audiences. As an organization, Prodege goes the extra mile to “Create Rewarding Moments” every day for its partners, consumers, and team, guided by five core values: Give Back, Respect, Own It, Innovate, and Teamwork. The company fosters an energizing, forward-looking workplace and a “Top Place to Work.”

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Eight or more (8+) years of software engineering experience, including strong ownership of backend and distributed systems.
• Strong experience building and evolving large-scale Java systems in production
• Proven track record breaking down monoliths into modular services or macroservices
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, data boundaries, event-driven patterns, and service reliability
• Experience improving performance, scalability, observability, and operational resilience
• Ability to set technical direction and influence teams without direct authority
• Passion for mentoring engineers and raising the engineering bar across the org
• Practical understanding of where AI tools can improve software development workflows
• Strong judgment — knows when to modernize, when to simplify, and how to prioritize what matters most

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Spring / Spring Boot, AWS, Kafka, MySQL, CI/CD, and modern observability tooling
• Experience in high-scale consumer, adtech, martech, fintech, or SaaS environments
• Exposure to modernization of legacy platforms in fast-moving product organizations

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture modernization and long-term technical direction for large-scale backend systems, including the evolution of Java-based systems and decomposition of monolithic applications into well-designed services.
• Drive engineering excellence and establish best practices across design, quality, coding, testing, reliability, performance, and observability.
• Mentor and elevate engineers and technical leads, helping enhance technical depth and execution quality across the organization.
• Partner with product, engineering, and platform teams to define pragmatic architecture roadmaps and prioritize modernization efforts, balancing business impact with technical risk.
• Improve system scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency through strong technical judgment, thoughtful design, and operational discipline.
• Champion modern engineering practices, including responsible AI-assisted development and platform standards, acting as a technical evangelist for long-term platform vision.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package to US Full-time employees including medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD and basic life insurance.
• flexible PTO
• paid sick leave prorated based on hire date.
• eight paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• option to purchase shares of Company stock commensurate with their position, which vests over four years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees