Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Kai•San Jose, CA

About The Position

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll be a technical leader and hands-on contributor, driving critical initiatives from concept to production. You’ll architect, build, and mentor while partnering cross-functionally with Product, AI, and Security. This is a high-impact role where you’ll influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery of scalable, secure services that meet enterprise-grade expectations.

Requirements

8+ years in software engineering with cloud-native architecture experience.
Proven record of driving technical projects end-to-end and coordinating across teams and stakeholders.
Strong hands-on background in microservices architecture, distributed systems, and API-driven design.
Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines in a cloud environment.
Familiarity with modern databases, gRPC, message queues, and DevOps automation.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills, including comfort leading discussions from code to business impact.

Nice To Haves

Azure cloud experience is preferred.
Understanding or interest in cybersecurity, AI-driven systems, or threat intelligence.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of major platform initiatives, from design through deployment and post-launch success.
Design, develop, and optimize distributed microservices in Golang for scale, reliability, and performance.
Collaborate across Product, AI, and Customer Success to align architecture with business objectives.
Drive engineering excellence through code quality standards, design reviews, automation, and CI/CD best practices.
Mentor software engineers, guiding them through architecture decisions, trade-offs, and delivery.
Partner with leadership to align engineering strategy with product objectives and the technical roadmap.