Staff Software Engineers

Farther; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Talented team

Venture-backed growth

Job summary

Farther is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape how we build software and guide other engineers while remaining hands-on. You’ll drive architecture decisions, champion AI adoption, and own major technical outcomes across frontend and backend.

You’ll lead engineering standards, mentor teams, and push for rapid delivery with high quality. Expect significant autonomy to influence technical direction and impact across the organization.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering background with system design expertise.
• Proven ability to lead architecture decisions and set engineering standards.
• Strong mentoring and communication skills across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own major architectural decisions and technical outcomes.
• Drive technology strategy and high-level design across frontend and backend.
• Mentor engineers and improve engineering practices through reviews and documentation.
• Champion AI adoption to accelerate development and improve quality.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Full-stack engineering

AI tooling proficiency

Mentoring engineers

Code reviews & standards

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

React

Node.js

Job description

• As a Staff Software Engineer at Farther, you’ll be a technical leader who shapes how we build software. You’ll drive architecture decisions, tackle our most complex challenges, and guide other engineers while remaining deeply hands-on
• We’re building an elite engineering team. We look for three things: deep technical expertise in your craft, high horsepower to rapidly context-switch across complex problems, and a track record of winning in multiple areas of your life
• We give Staff engineers significant autonomy to drive technical strategy. You’ll own major architectural decisions, establish engineering standards, and be accountable for technical outcomes. We trust you to make the right calls and measure success by the impact you create, not the process you follow
• We expect technical leaders to champion AI adoption. As a Staff engineer, you’ll demonstrate how to leverage AI tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and multiply team effectiveness. You’ll help the organization work smarter and ship faster by showing teams how AI can transform their workflow
• Drive technical architecture decisions that shape the future of our platform
• Lead the design and implementation of large-scale systems spanning frontend and backend
• Establish engineering standards and best practices that scale across the organization
• Champion adoption of AI tools across engineering teams – demonstrate how to leverage AI to multiply effectiveness and accelerate delivery
• Tackle complex technical challenges in system design, scalability, reliability, and performance
• Operate with significant autonomy – own major technical decisions and be accountable for architectural outcomes
• Guide and mentor engineers through complex technical decisions
• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architecture reviews, and documentation

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals.
• Drive the success of a venture-backed, rapidly growing firm

Tenacity to tackle difficult problems head-onTrack record of making significant technical decisions that positively impact engineering organizationsOutstanding communication – you explain complex concepts clearly and provide actionable updatesExperience mentoring engineers and driving technical best practicesTrack record of winning in multiple areas of your life10+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated ability to work across the full stackSelf-directed and autonomous – you work independently on high-level guidanceThrives with high autonomy and ownership – you want to drive technical strategy and own major architectural decisions without micromanagementBuilder mentality – you ship working software and iterate, not write specs endlesslyFluency with AI coding tools and passion for leveraging them strategically – you’re already multiplying your output and want to help others do the sameExperience building financial services, trading systems, or wealth management platformsBackground in high-availability system design and real-time data processingKnowledge of financial regulatory requirements and complianceExperience with event-driven architectures