Staff Software Engineer
About The Position
Pebl puts a world of talent at your fingertips. With our AI-powered Global Work Platform™, companies can hire, pay, and manage employees in 185+ countries—removing risk, red tape, and guesswork from global growth. Backed by more than a decade of compliance leadership and local expertise, Pebl helps businesses move fast, stay compliant, and scale with confidence. With Pebl, companies everywhere can hire great talent anywhere. Where Your Work Moves the Needle. At Pebl, every team member drives our success. Joining us means more than filling a role—you’re accountable for results and impact. Our values guide how we operate, execute, and collaborate across borders. By putting them into action, you’ll help us scale faster, compete harder, and lead the future of global work. What Makes You a Great Fit Our mission at Pebl is to simplify global employment, enabling companies to hire, manage, and retain talent anywhere in the world. We are passionate about fostering innovation, collaboration, and diversity in the workplace. We are looking for an exceptional Staff Software Engineer to join our Growth Engineering team — a technical leader who is also an active practitioner in the AI-augmented development era. In this role you will drive the architecture and delivery of scalable, user-facing systems that improve acquisition, activation, and retention, and you will directly shape the AI product experiences at the heart of those initiatives. You will build across the full stack using React, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS, while championing our shift toward “AI-native” engineering — standardizing tools like Claude Code and Codex to maximize team velocity and code quality. This role will require in-office collaboration Monday-Wednesday in our Palo Alto, CA office.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong full-stack depth spanning both front-end (React/TypeScript) and backend/distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience across two dimensions — (1) designing and building AI-first, user-facing product features and experiences (e.g., LLM-powered capabilities shipped to real users), and (2) using LLM-powered coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and other AI coding assistants to accelerate the SDLC and improve code quality. We expect demonstrated depth in at least one of these areas and working fluency in the other.
- Focus on delivering customer value by minimizing waste, optimizing workflows, fostering continuous improvement, and prioritizing iteratively.
- Deep expertise in TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3, etc.), with strong proficiency in React.
- Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Proven track record of successfully leading technical projects from inception to deployment.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with a focus on robust, reliable solutions.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, including the ability to distill complex technical and AI-related trade-offs into actionable plans for leadership and cross-functional partners.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in growth-focused engineering projects or A/B testing frameworks.
- Familiarity with modern LLM application patterns (e.g., RAG, evaluations, prompt engineering, or agentic frameworks).
- Knowledge of front-end performance optimization techniques.
- Background in leading or contributing to open-source projects.
- Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, or React Testing Library).
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of complex, scalable, full-stack systems and services across the Growth domain.
- Design and build AI-first, user-facing product experiences and capabilities — turning LLM-powered features into reliable, high-quality product surfaces that drive measurable growth outcomes.
- Champion an “AI-first” engineering culture, integrating Claude Code, Codex, and other LLM harnesses into daily workflows to accelerate experimentation, product velocity, and code quality.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and data teams to define the technical roadmap and deliver impactful features aligned with business objectives.
- Drive technical decisions and set the bar for coding standards, system design, testing, and process improvements — including how AI tooling is adopted responsibly across the team.
- Build, optimize, and maintain applications and services using React JS, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, S3) in a serverless environment.
- Mentor and guide engineers across the team, balancing human-led mentorship with AI-augmented professional development, and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Conduct technical reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure high-quality deliverables and rigorous quality benchmarks — even as we accelerate delivery with AI tools.
- Act as an SME for the Growth Engineering team, staying ahead of emerging AI and engineering trends and identifying where to incorporate them.
- Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority technical issues in production systems, maintaining high observability and stability standards.
Benefits
- Flexible Time Off – Take the time you need to recharge.
- Parental Leave – Support for growing families.
- Health and Dental Insurance – Where applicable, to cover you and your loved ones.
- Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan – Plan for the future while sharing our success.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
