Staff Software Engineer
RekNomics•New York, NY
About The Position
We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction, solve complex engineering challenges, and build scalable platform services that power mission-critical applications used by enterprise customers at scale. This is a highly impactful individual contributor role focused on architecture, platform engineering, and solving complex technical challenges across multiple product and engineering teams.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong expertise in Python and backend development
- Deep experience with distributed systems and scalable platform architecture
- Proven track record designing systems used by multiple teams or products
- Strong system design, data modeling, and software architecture skills
- Experience operating production systems at scale
- Ability to influence technical direction across teams
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience building AI-powered applications or platforms
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and modern infrastructure
- Experience with large-scale data platforms and integrations
- Prior Staff or Principal Engineer experience
- Experience at high-growth startups or top-tier engineering organizations is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated track record of delivering large-scale, business-critical systems
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of foundational technology capabilities that support multiple products and teams.
- Design and build scalable backend systems and distributed applications
- Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering best practices
- Lead technical design reviews and contribute to long-term platform strategy
- Build highly reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems
- Develop integration frameworks and services connecting multiple systems and data sources
- Partner with engineers across teams to improve platform performance, reliability, and developer productivity
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar through code reviews and technical guidance
- Troubleshoot and solve complex scalability, performance, and correctness challenges
- Work closely with product and engineering leadership on high-impact initiatives
- Remain hands-on and contribute to the most challenging technical projects
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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