Staff Software Development Engineer

Storable•Seattle, WA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Staff Engineers lead the technical direction and delivery of major platforms, products, or cross-team initiatives at Storable. They translate complex business and product problems into durable architecture, guide multiple engineering teams toward aligned solutions, and raise the quality of technical decisions across their domain. This is a hands-on role with broad influence, working across Product and Engineering and partnering with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Support, Finance, and Compliance to deliver reliable, scalable experiences across Storable’s FMS, CRM, Commerce, Marketplace, and shared technology capabilities. The role also helps Storable adopt AI-native ways of working and build intelligent capabilities that improve customer outcomes, engineering productivity, and operational decision-making. Storable is redefining property management for specialty real estate with an AI-powered platform and three decades of industry data. Its end-to-end solutions help self-storage, marine, and RV and camping operators streamline workflows, attract tenants, and grow revenue.

Requirements

10+ years of software development experience, including strong expertise in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture.
Experience leading the design and delivery of complex systems across multiple teams, with a record of turning architecture decisions into adopted solutions.
Experience operating highly available, production-critical systems at meaningful scale, with strong judgment around performance, reliability, and cost.
Ability to influence across organizational boundaries, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and build alignment without direct authority.
Hands-on engineering practice that includes writing code, reviewing designs, prototyping solutions, and using production data to guide decisions.
AI fluency, with experience using AI tools or GenAI techniques to improve engineering productivity, product capabilities, or operational workflows.
Currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and able to work a hybrid schedule in the Bellevue, WA office.

Nice To Haves

Experience with FMS, CRM, commerce, payments, or subscription systems, especially across multiple markets or regulatory environments.
Experience with agentic systems, AI/GenAI application patterns, evaluation frameworks, or AI-native software development practices.
Experience with resiliency engineering, including graceful degradation, blast-radius isolation, chaos testing, and production recovery.
Experience building simulation, forecasting, experimentation, or ML-driven recommendation systems.
Experience mentoring senior engineers and helping them grow toward Staff-level scope and technical judgment.
Experience with international expansion, local payment methods, compliance requirements, or market-specific product adaptation.

Responsibilities

Own the technical direction for a major platform, product area, or cross-team domain, translating strategy into an executable architecture and roadmap.
Design distributed systems, services, and data contracts to meet requirements for scalability, availability, performance, and cost.
Lead architecture evolution across multiple teams, including decomposition, interface harmonization, platform adoption, and migration planning.
Write code, review designs, prototype solutions, and resolve the hardest technical issues in the critical path.
Improve operational excellence through stronger observability, graceful degradation, incident learning, recovery practices, and clear service ownership.
Partner with Product and business stakeholders to prioritize technical investments that improve customer experience, reduce transaction failures, and increase delivery speed.
Design and deliver AI- and GenAI-enabled capabilities, including agent-callable interfaces, workflow automation, and intelligent decision support.
Use AI tools to improve personal and team productivity, development quality, test coverage, documentation, and operational response.
Influence engineers and leaders across teams without direct authority, building alignment around technical decisions and measurable outcomes.
Mentor senior engineers, raise the bar for design and implementation, and create opportunities for others to take on broader technical scope.

Benefits

Generous health coverage for the employee and family.
Fully paid short- and long-term disability coverage and life insurance equal to two times base salary.
401(k) match after 60 days, with 100% vesting after one year.
Employer contribution to an HSA and an HRA to help offset the deductible.
Flexible vacation with a take-what-you-need policy.
Company rewards and recognition redeemable for personalized gifts and experiences.
Eight hours of Volunteer Time Off each year and opportunities to join offsite volunteer and community service events.
Eight hours of Rest, Relax, Recharge time for mental health.
Mental well-being resources for employees and dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness workshops.
Fully paid parental leave: 12 weeks for primary caregivers and 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
Pet-related time-off policies, including ‘Paw’ternity Leave and Pet Bereavement.
Four weeks of fully paid caregiver leave to care for aging dependents or family members, if needed.
$50 monthly home data stipend and a $250 home office sign-on bonus.
Fertility care support options.
Access to financial experts.
Direct Student Loan Payment Program, subject to qualifications and eligibility rules.