Senior Full-Stack Staff Engineer – Platform & Scale

Envoy; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Envoy is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to drive major product features end-to-end across frontend and backend at our San Francisco headquarters. You will own problem definition through deployment, including design, implementation, and post-launch iteration in a fast-moving, multi-tenant environment.

You have 10–12 years shipping production systems, strong system design skills, and a proven track record of leading multi-quarter initiatives with ownership and urgency.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 10–12 years of software engineering experience shipping and operating production systems at scale.
• Genuine full-stack depth with frontend and backend fluency.
• Track record of leading complex, multi-quarter initiatives from inception to launch.
• Strong system design skills in data modeling, API design, and building for scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead major product features end-to-end: problem definition, solution exploration, system design, code execution, deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
• Design and implement enterprise-grade services and user-facing experiences across the full stack.
• Create clean abstractions and reusable systems to increase product velocity.
• Own the quality, security, availability, and performance of the systems built.
• Drive technical decision-making and influence direction across teams.
• Respond to incidents, identify bottlenecks, and reduce toil.
• Deliver excellent software through peer review, CI, and automated testing.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

System design

Leadership

Communication

Security and reliability

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kotlin

TypeScript

React

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Envoy is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to drive major product features end-to-end across frontend and backend at our San Francisco headquarters. You will own problem definition through deployment, including design, implementation, and post-launch iteration in a fast-moving, multi-tenant environment.

You have 10–12 years shipping production systems, strong system design skills, and a proven track record of leading multi-quarter initiatives with ownership and urgency.