Staff Engineer

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a senior software architect to drive technical strategy across multiple engineering teams and shape scalable, distributed platforms. You will define architectural patterns, guide roadmaps, and ensure high-quality delivery for complex digital products.

You will also contribute code to critical infrastructure, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with product, operations, and security to translate business priorities into robust technical solutions in a fully remote

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering with cross-team architectural impact.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale systems with modern practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering; MS or MBA preferred.
• Strong background in web and mobile product delivery across industries.
• Proficiency across multiple languages and frameworks.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems (microservices, REST/GraphQL).

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-team architectural leadership across engineering groups.
• Lead resolution of large-scale redesigns and distributed systems issues.
• Develop multi-quarter roadmaps with measurable objectives.
• Contribute code to critical infrastructure and high-priority initiatives.
• Evaluate new tools and architectural approaches with pilots.
• Promote testing, security, observability, and deployment quality.
• Mentor senior engineers through reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and security to align technical solutions.

Skills

Cross-team leadership

Enterprise delivery

Full-stack proficiency

Web and mobile product delivery

AWS / Cloud

Distributed systems

Microservices

REST/GraphQL

DevOps practices

Security/compliance awareness

AI tooling familiarity

Strategic roadmaps

Mentorship / leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

MS or MBA preferred

Certifications desirable

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Postman

Dynatrace

SonarQube

Job description

Accountabilities

• - Cross-team architectural leadership: Drive technical strategy and architectural alignment across multiple engineering teams, establishing reusable patterns, standards, and practices that support organizational consistency.
• - Complex problem-solving: Lead the resolution of challenging technical issues involving large-scale redesigns, distributed systems, infrastructure optimization, and emerging technology paradigms.
• - Strategic technical planning: Identify architectural gaps, inefficiencies, and technical debt before they become critical issues. Develop business cases and multi-quarter roadmaps with clear objectives and measurable success criteria.
• - Hands-on engineering: Contribute code to critical infrastructure, complex algorithms, architectural implementations, and proof-of-concepts, helping unblock teams and advance high-priority initiatives.
• - Technology evaluation and innovation: Assess new tools, frameworks, and architectural approaches. Lead pilots and proof-of-concepts, making recommendations based on technical value, scalability, and organizational needs.
• - Engineering quality and standards: Review architecture and code across teams, promoting improvements in testing, security, observability, deployment practices, and overall software quality.
• - Mentorship and knowledge sharing: Support the development of senior engineers through design reviews, technical presentations, documentation, and collaborative problem-solving.
• - Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with product, engineering, operations, and security stakeholders to translate business priorities into effective technical solutions and improve digital customer experiences.

Requirements

• - Professional experience: At least 8 years of software engineering experience with increasing technical responsibility and influence, including at least 2 years operating at a senior level with demonstrated cross-team architectural impact.
• - Enterprise delivery: Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale systems using modern frameworks, engineering practices, and DevOps methodologies.
• - Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. An advanced degree, such as an MS or MBA, is preferred. Relevant technical certifications are highly desirable.
• - Digital product expertise: Significant experience delivering high-quality web and mobile products. Experience in e-commerce, hospitality, entertainment, retail, or other customer-facing industries is strongly preferred.
• - Programming languages and frameworks: Deep proficiency across multiple technologies, such as C# and .NET/.NET Core, Node.js, Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, React Native, Next.js, and Python, with the ability to work effectively across the stack.
• - Architecture and system design: Extensive experience designing scalable, resilient distributed systems, including microservices, event-driven architectures, real-time data processing, and REST or GraphQL APIs.
• - Cloud and infrastructure: Strong expertise with AWS, Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• - Quality and observability: Experience with comprehensive testing strategies, static analysis tools such as SonarQube, API testing tools such as Postman, and enterprise monitoring platforms such as Dynatrace or equivalent solutions.
• - Security and compliance: Solid understanding of application security, data privacy, and compliance requirements, including PCI DSS and GDPR.
• - AI and engineering productivity: Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and emerging productivity technologies, including Python-based tooling such as FastMCP or similar.
• - Strategic and business skills: Ability to translate business objectives into multi-quarter technical roadmaps, build business cases for technical investments, and communicate complex concepts clearly to executive leadership.
• - Leadership and collaboration: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate across product, engineering, operations, and security teams.
• - Customer focus: Understanding of digital customer experience expectations in high-volume, customer-driven environments.

Benefits

• - Work arrangement: Fully remote position.
• - Employment type: Full-time.
• - Technical impact: Opportunity to influence architecture and engineering standards across multiple teams and large-scale digital platforms.
• - Professional development: Scope to mentor experienced engineers, share technical expertise, and help shape engineering practices and technology strategy.
• - Collaborative environment: Cross-functional work with product, engineering, operations, and security teams on complex, customer-facing digital experiences.
• - Compensation and additional benefits: Salary, healthcare coverage, retirement plans, paid leave, and other benefits are not specified in the provided job description.
• - Pre-employment screening: Background checks are required as part of onboarding. Additional screening requirements may apply to certain roles in accordance with applicable policies and laws.