Staff Engineer - Distributed Systems & Architecture (Remote)

RiseMe; Washington; Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSU)

Medical and dental benefits

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

RiseMe is seeking a Staff-level engineer to shape architecture for large-scale distributed systems, refactor monoliths, and drive scalable software across AWS, Kubernetes, and front-end tech. You will mentor peers and set engineering standards while balancing technical excellence with hands-on coding.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product and design in an agile environment, with a focus on CI/CD maturation, TDD, and a diverse tech stack across C#, .NET, React, AWS, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering and operating complex, large-scale systems (distributed/high-availability environments).
• Ability to lead major code design decisions and mentor others.
• Familiarity with modern engineering practices like automated testing and agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own major code design decisions and contribute to global engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers and coach through complex technical challenges.
• Refactor monolithic systems into distributed, scalable architectures and improve CI/CD tooling and practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Code design

CI/CD

TDD

React

AWS

Kubernetes

C#

.NET

Job description

RiseMe is seeking a Staff-level engineer to shape architecture for large-scale distributed systems, refactor monoliths, and drive scalable software across AWS, Kubernetes, and front-end tech. You will mentor peers and set engineering standards while balancing technical excellence with hands-on coding.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product and design in an agile environment, with a focus on CI/CD maturation, TDD, and a diverse tech stack across C#, .NET, React, AWS, and Kubernetes.