Staff Engineer

Edwin; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Fully covered medical, dental, and视on

Job summary

Edwin in Santa Monica is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead full-stack development across the Edwin product line, including the design and architecture of large-scale distributed systems.

You will partner with product, engineering, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions while driving business outcomes; this role reports directly to the CTO and requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience including leadership roles.
• Experience designing AI-enabled distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in TypeScript and React.
• Proven track record delivering secure, scalable systems in startup or scale-up environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-stack development, ensuring scalable, maintainable code.
• Architect AI-enabled distributed systems with emphasis on security and performance.
• Provide technical leadership aligning strategy with business goals while managing scope and timelines.
• Enforce best practices for architecture, security, SOC 2, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Drive continuous delivery, observability, incident management, and mentoring.

Skills

TypeScript & Node

React ecosystem

AI-enabled distributed systems

Leadership / Mentoring

Job description

Edwin is building the modern financial operating system for local governments. Cities, counties, and special districts manage trillions of dollars using fragmented bank portals, legacy systems, and manual spreadsheets. We are replacing that infrastructure with an AI-powered platform that integrates banking, investing, spend management, and automated workflows into a single source of truth.

Backed by top-tier institutional VCs, Edwin is live with initial clients across the country. Local governments are underserved by every major financial platform. We are building the infrastructure they have never had.

As a Staff Engineer, you will lead full-stack development across the Edwin product line, including the design and architecture of large-scale distributed systems.

You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that prioritize security, scalability, performance, and operational excellence while driving business outcomes.

This is a high impact role that requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution, reporting directly to the CTO.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-stack development, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code

• Inform, design, and architect AI-enabled distributed systems that are highly scalable, reliable, secure, and optimized for correctness, accuracy, and performance

• Provide technical leadership, partnering with product, engineering, and stakeholders to align technical strategy with business goals while optimizing project scope, timelines, and deliverables

• Establish and enforce best practices for system architecture, security, SOC 2 compliance, monitoring, and operational efficiency

• Drive continuous delivery, observability and incident management, with a strong focus on operational excellence

• Mentor and guide the engineering team, fostering a high-performing engineering culture

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience, with at least 4 years in a senior, lead, or staff engineering role

• Leading engineering teams in startup environments from 0-1 and/or hyper-growth

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating AI-enabled distributed systems

• Expertise in TypeScript and Node

• Proficiency with React and the React ecosystem

• Track record of building secure, reliable, scalable, and high-performance systems with a focus on operational excellence

Bonus Qualifications

• Public sector, govtech, or regulated fintech experience

• Working knowledge of accounting and ERP systems, including banking, fund management, general ledger, and month-end close

Pay and Benefits

• Annual base salary range of $190,000–$225,000, dependant on experience and demonstrated scope of impact

• Early-stage equity in a fast-growing startup

• Unlimited PTO

• Fully covered medical, dental, and vision

• The ability to build a polished product without legacy constraints

• A mission with real-world impact on how governments operate