Staff Software Engineer

Role overview Provide senior technical leadership across an engineering organization building a large-scale commerce platform. You will shape architecture across multiple domains, help systems scale securely and reliably, and guide how machine learning and generative AI fit into products. The role combines hands-on engineering with cross-team direction and mentorship.

Responsibilities - Lead the design and evolution of distributed systems, guiding architectural discussions that span platform domains. - Help set and carry out the long-term technical roadmap, aligning decisions with performance, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability needs. - Identify useful applications of machine learning and generative AI, assess emerging tools and practices, and guide adoption where they offer clear value. - Build and maintain secure, high-performance software, and lead code reviews that strengthen quality and reliability. - Address performance bottlenecks and system reliability challenges; create tools and frameworks that help teams deliver safely and efficiently. - Work with product, design, and engineering partners to turn business needs into technical plans, while mentoring engineers and sharing knowledge across teams.

Requirements - At least 10 years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems. - Experience designing and building scalable distributed systems and providing technical direction across teams or domains. - Strong software engineering judgment, including the ability to write maintainable, testable code and improve performance, reliability, and security. - Ability to collaborate with product and design partners, communicate technical choices, and mentor engineers at different levels.

Benefits and work setup The organization is remote-first, with optional collaboration spaces in Austin, Atlanta, and London. The source indicates that the national base salary range is provided in the original posting but does not include its figures here. Depending on location and policy, the role may include variable compensation, equity, and benefits.