Senior Staff Software Engineer — Lead Core Systems

Career Launch; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for growing technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will own architecture, guide technical decisions, and ensure production excellence while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

You will translate business goals into engineering plans, drive milestones, and use metrics to reduce risk.

Qualifications

• Record of shipping and operating complex software in a senior role.
• Strong system design and technical judgment.
• Experience coordinating across product and business functions in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from problem definition to production results.
• Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without formal authority.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader for a core software product and the systems behind it.
• Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with attention to reliability, security, and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.

Skills

System design

Technical judgment

Written communication

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Career Launch is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for growing technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will own architecture, guide technical decisions, and ensure production excellence while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

You will translate business goals into engineering plans, drive milestones, and use metrics to reduce risk.