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Job Description
Role: Staff Software Engineer
Job Summary
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of high-impact, scalable web applications while shaping the technical direction of the team. You will serve as a trusted technical leader, driving architectural excellence, mentoring engineers, and accelerating development through AI-first engineering practices. This role requires a balance of hands-on development, system design, and cross-team influence to deliver resilient, high-quality solutions in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Own the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and high-performing web application architectures
- Lead complex feature delivery across systems, ensuring alignment with long-term platform strategy
- Act as a technical advisor to engineering and product leadership on design trade-offs and implementation approaches
- Drive engineering best practices across code quality, testing, observability, and system reliability
AI-First Engineering Transformation
- Champion AI-powered development by actively leveraging tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, LLM platforms) to enhance productivity
- Define standards and best practices for AI-assisted coding, test generation, and design-to-code workflows
- Lead adoption of generative AI and LLM integrations into enterprise applications and engineering processes
- Partner with teams to operationalize AI-driven workflows and improve development efficiency at scale
Development & Delivery
- Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications with a focus on performance, usability, and reliability
- Contribute high-quality, production-grade code across frontend, backend, and APIs
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including microservices, cloud-native development, and CI/CD
Mentorship & Influence
* Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, fostering technical gr...
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