Remote Staff Engineer: AI Strategy & Scalable Platform

Mission.dev; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission.dev is a remote-first technology company building and operating high-traffic platforms at global scale. We co-own engineering and AI strategy for systems handling massive concurrency, designing workflows to accelerate AI adoption and improve developer velocity.

The Staff Engineer role focuses on setting technical standards, architecting scalable solutions, and coaching multiple teams to deliver resilient, secure systems while advancing AI-native capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 6+ years building and architecting scalable distributed systems in high-growth environments.
• Proven track record of driving AI adoption or implementing agentic systems.
• Experience leading technical roadmaps and architectural decisions for high-traffic platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to coach engineers and lead cross-team technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute technical strategies for platforms with massive global traffic and high concurrency.
• Establish architectural guardrails translating high-level product visions into scalable engineering implementations.
• Resolve the most complex technical blockers and system instabilities to ensure seamless team execution.
• Drive AI fluency across the organization by developing internal tools, plugins, and agentic workflows.
• Redesign development workflows to enhance developer productivity, code quality, and AI-native processes.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration by coaching engineers and raising the technical standards across multiple teams.
• Balance engineering requirements with product goals, security protocols, and compliance standards.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems architecture

AI adoption / agentic systems

Technical roadmaps

Coaching engineers

Tools

Next.js

React.js

Node.js

AWS

Job description

Mission.dev is a remote-first technology company building and operating high-traffic platforms at global scale. We co-own engineering and AI strategy for systems handling massive concurrency, designing workflows to accelerate AI adoption and improve developer velocity.

The Staff Engineer role focuses on setting technical standards, architecting scalable solutions, and coaching multiple teams to deliver resilient, secure systems while advancing AI-native capabilities across the organization.