Staff Software Engineer

Raptor Technologies

78d

About The Position

The Staff Software Engineer is a senior-level technical leader and individual contributor who drives architecture, technical direction, and cross-functional initiatives across the engineering organization. Operating with high autonomy, this role blends system-level thinking with strong coding capabilities and mentorship. The ideal candidate has a passion for delivering resilient SaaS platforms, improving engineering culture, and solving challenging technical problems that scale with business needs.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years at the senior/staff level.
• Proven expertise in object-oriented programming, system architecture, and scalable software design.
• Hands-on experience building and operating production-grade APIs and distributed systems.
• Proficiency with SaaS development, agile methodologies, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Strong technical leadership and the ability to influence engineering practices and architecture.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Effective communication and stakeholder collaboration across functions.
• Expertise in one or more technical domains critical to our platform.

Responsibilities

• Define and uphold engineering best practices, system design patterns, and coding standards.
• Drive technical strategy and architectural decisions across teams.
• Lead development of complex features and high-impact technical initiatives.
• Collaborate with product leadership to align technical solutions with product vision.
• Architect scalable, secure, and maintainable systems and integrations.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies and frameworks where appropriate.
• Own cross-cutting concerns such as reliability, observability, scalability, and performance.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt.
• Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code in a modern object-oriented language.
• Take ownership of services in production, including monitoring, incident response, and on-call support.
• Ensure code is instrumented for observability and performance monitoring.
• Contribute to CI/CD improvements and deployment safety practices.
• Mentor engineers across levels and promote knowledge sharing through documentation and peer learning.
• Support hiring by participating in interviews and onboarding.
• Actively contribute to team rituals such as planning, stand-ups, code reviews, and retrospectives.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders in design, product, DevSecOps, and support teams.

Benefits

• Remote-first philosophy
• Flexible paid time off
• Paid parental leave
• 11 Paid holidays per year
• Workplace flexibility
• Affordable health coverage (medical, dental, vision), paid 100% for employee only medical
• 401(k) employer contribution to help you plan for the future
• Company paid life insurance, STD, and LTD
• Pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees