Staff Software Engineer - Core Platform (Ruby/Rails)

Role overview

Lead the technical direction and hands-on evolution of a shared software platform that supports product capabilities such as authentication, onboarding, notifications, integrations, and APIs. You’ll build complex platform features while helping multiple engineering teams move faster, manage scale, and make sound architectural decisions. The role combines senior individual contribution with technical mentorship and cross-team coordination.

Responsibilities

- Design and implement the platform’s most complex features, while coaching other engineers through delivery. - Partner with the engineering manager to guide technical direction and strengthen team practices. - Coordinate dependencies across engineering groups and remove obstacles to reliable feature delivery. - Lead architectural decision records for changes with broad technical or organizational impact. - Manage systems across their lifecycle, including configuration, evolution, and technical risk. - Mentor teammates and promote clear, collaborative engineering practices.

Requirements

- At least 10 years building complex software products, including experience serving as a team’s senior technical anchor. - At least five years of Ruby on Rails development, ideally on a large monolithic application. - Strong architectural judgment and experience documenting design decisions and managing system risks. - Experience with public cloud infrastructure, Linux, and databases at scale. - Strong diagnostic skills, clear communication, and the ability to turn ambiguous or cross-team initiatives into actionable work. - Experience setting technical strategy with engineering or product leaders, balancing maintenance needs with product delivery. - Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools and helping teams adopt them responsibly.

Benefits and work setup

- Remote role within the United States. - Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and 12 weeks of parental leave. - Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage; retirement contributions and stock options. - Home-office and monthly digital reimbursements, plus an annual learning and development allowance.