Remote Staff Software Engineer — Architecture & Tech Leadership

Accruent; United States; Remote; USD 137,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Intelex, a Fortive company, seeks a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across product areas and shape architecture for scalable, secure software. This remote role operates in the USA/Canada and requires guiding complex initiatives with distributed teams.

The role emphasizes architectural direction, standards, and collaboration with Product Management, Engineering, and stakeholders to translate business goals into robust technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience, including leadership of technical initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and C# in enterprise-scale applications.
• Experience designing distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native solutions.
• Strong AWS and/or Azure experience, including security, observability, automation, and production operations.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, DevOps practices, and Terraform.
• Deep understanding of scalability, performance, resilience, and reliability engineering.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, highly available systems and platforms.
• Define architectural direction, engineering standards, and technical best practices across teams.
• Drive large technical initiatives such as modernization, cloud transformation, platform scalability, and developer productivity improvements.
• Lead technical planning, design reviews, and risk mitigation for cross-team initiatives.
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering Managers, Architects, and stakeholders to turn business goals into sustainable technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen technical leadership, design practices, and knowledge sharing across the organization.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

C#

AWS

Azure

Microservices

Distributed systems

DevOps practices

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Cloud-native

Observability

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Intelex, a Fortive company, seeks a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across product areas and shape architecture for scalable, secure software. This remote role operates in the USA/Canada and requires guiding complex initiatives with distributed teams.

The role emphasizes architectural direction, standards, and collaboration with Product Management, Engineering, and stakeholders to translate business goals into robust technical solutions.