Staff Software Engineer

Inmar • Winston Salem, NC

70d • $136,542 - $227,570

About The Position

The Staff Software Engineer provides technical leadership that spans multiple teams and business units within a division, ensuring architectural consistency, guiding cross-team initiatives, and mentoring engineers to raise the technical bar across the organization. This role builds on the team-focused responsibilities of a Lead Engineer and bridges toward the division-wide or deep-specialization responsibilities of a Principal Engineer.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a minimum of 4+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Significant experience architecting, building, and scaling software systems in complex environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts across multiple teams or products.
• Strong ability to evaluate trade-offs and guide teams toward solutions that balance business needs with technical integrity.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.
• Track record of mentoring and developing engineers at multiple levels.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, architecture, and operational excellence, independent of any specific technology stack.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural direction and oversight for multiple products or teams within a business unit, ensuring systems are designed for scalability, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Identify and address technical challenges that span across teams and require coordination beyond a single product.
• Partner with business unit leadership to align initiatives with division-level strategies and standards.
• Apply strong diagramming and modeling skills to communicate complex system designs, data flows, and architecture decisions clearly across teams and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Lead Engineers to ensure delivery execution is technically sound and aligned with broader business-unit objectives.
• Work closely with product and business leadership to ensure technical solutions meet current and future business needs.
• Influence technical decisions and build consensus across teams and stakeholders at the business-unit level.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, fostering professional growth and developing the next generation of technical leaders.
• Promote best practices in design, coding, testing, and operations across multiple teams.
• Serve as a role model for technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead the design and implementation of complex, business-unit-wide initiatives, often requiring integration across multiple systems or domains.
• Contribute code directly to projects while working alongside Lead Engineers, ensuring hands-on involvement in delivery and setting a high standard of technical excellence.
• Anticipate long-term technical risks, manage technical debt, and proactively propose improvements.
• Support incident response, helping teams identify root causes and implement systemic fixes that benefit the business unit as a whole.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance options
• 401(k) retirement plans with company match
• Health Spending Accounts (HSA/FSA)
• Flexible time off and 11 paid holidays
• Family-building benefits, including Maternity, Adoption, and Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement and certification support, reflecting our commitment to lifelong learning
• Wellness and Mental Health counseling services
• Concierge and work/life support resources
• Adoption Assistance Reimbursement
• Perks and discount programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees