Staff Software Engineer, Growth

Palmetto Clean Technology•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

Palmetto is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its Growth area, which builds the ways homeowners discover and choose Palmetto. The role owns technical direction for digital acquisition experiences, a multi-product front door, and the funnel that converts interested leads into qualified appointments. This is a high-leverage individual-contributor position that combines architecture ownership, foundational coding, and support for other engineers. The engineer will design and build APIs, services, and web experiences using TypeScript and Node.js; resolve cross-team architecture questions; and work closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams. Instrumentation and experimentation are expected to inform product decisions, while strong testing, CI/CD, and production reliability practices support quality. AI tools are part of Palmetto’s development process, and the role will help teams use them responsibly. The position is based in Charlotte, NC, and reports to the Senior Manager, Engineering. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Requirements

At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
Experience at Staff or lead level owning a system used by multiple teams.
Strong TypeScript and JavaScript skills.
Production experience with Node.js and Express, and experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
Hands-on experience with MongoDB or another document database.
Solid web fundamentals, including HTML, CSS, security, and performance.
Strong testing discipline and experience with CI/CD and Git.
Experience writing design documents that resolved cross-team architecture questions.
Ability to help other engineers improve their work.
Clear written and verbal communication with non-engineers.
Practical knowledge of agentic engineering.

Nice To Haves

Experience with React and single-page applications.
Experience with NestJS or Fastify.
Experience with web experimentation and analytics.
Knowledge of authentication and authorization patterns, including OAuth and JWT.
Experience with Docker and a major cloud platform.
Experience with microservice or event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

Set technical direction and own the architecture for the Growth area, making trade-offs explicit and aligning Product, Design, and engineering teams.
Design and implement APIs, services, and web experiences in TypeScript and Node.js that move interested homeowners toward a qualified appointment.
Make instrumentation and experimentation part of every release and use results to inform subsequent work.
Set testing and CI/CD standards, diagnose production issues, and propose lasting fixes.
Write design documents to resolve cross-team architecture questions and conduct design reviews.
Mentor engineers and tech leads through code review, pairing, and design feedback.
Partner with product managers, designers, marketing, QA, and platform teams to deliver solutions.
Help shape engineering standards and promote responsible use of AI coding tools.