Staff Software Engineer

CompanyCam

14d•$220,000 - $240,000•Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for an experienced, thoughtful, and impact-driven Staff Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) to provide technical leadership across CompanyCam’s engineering organization. As a Staff Software Engineer, your impact goes well beyond a single team. You’ll work across teams and initiatives, partnering with engineers, product managers, designers, and engineering leadership to solve complex, cross-cutting problems that move the business forward. While you’ll continue to contribute directly to code, your primary focus will be on technical direction, architectural decision-making, mentorship, and raising the bar for how we build software. Most importantly, you’ll play a key role in evolving our engineering culture, practices, and systems as we scale — helping us make better decisions, reduce risk, and invest wisely in our platform, developer experience, and people.

Requirements

Have the courage to do difficult but necessary work.
Take ownership, learn continuously, and bring a growth mindset.
Treat your teammates and customers the way you'd want to be treated.
Extensive professional experience building and leading software systems (typically 15+ years, but we value impact over years).
Advanced proficiency in Ruby on Rails and backend system design.
Proficiency in React/React Native.
Strong understanding of full-stack architecture, monolithic application patterns, and scalable backend systems.
Experience designing and operating systems using PostgreSQL and REST APIs in production environments.
Familiarity with cloud-hosted infrastructure, including AWS.
Strong independent judgment and ability to navigate complex, ambiguous problems.
Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and empathetically to a wide range of audiences.
Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical decisions across teams.
You live and work permanently in the U.S. (We’re not set up to hire outside the U.S.).

Nice To Haves

AWS (S3, EC2, etc.)
Observability and monitoring systems
Infrastructure as Code
Feature flagging systems
Experience evaluating or integrating AI / LLM-powered tools and systems

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership across teams and projects, delivering interdependent solutions aligned with company goals.
Design, evolve, and support backend systems and architecture primarily in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, REST, and related technologies.
Influence long-term technical strategy, balancing short-term delivery with platform health, scalability, and sustainability.
Identify, forecast, and mitigate technical and operational risk across the business.
Create clarity around technical decisions, trade-offs, and direction in ambiguous or high-impact situations.
Set and uphold high standards for code quality, security, privacy, observability, and documentation through direct contribution, review, and mentorship.
Consult and advise cross-functionally on complex technical challenges, high-risk areas, and strategic initiatives.
Sponsor and explore new ideas, tools, and technologies that improve developer experience, team effectiveness, and product outcomes.
Foster inclusive, psychologically safe environments where engineers can do their best work and grow.
Act as a force multiplier — enabling teams and individuals without overshadowing or sidelining others.