Staff Software Engineer

Coreforce; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid schedule

Free chef-inspired lunch

15 PTO days + floating holiday

401(k) with matching

Annual bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Coreforce in Atlanta, GA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape microservices, cloud architecture, and delivery across multiple products.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product leadership, and own CI/CD, observability, and reliability in a fast-growing, mission-driven company.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Java with Spring Boot and microservices design.
• Full-stack capability with TypeScript (Vue/React).
• Deep AWS/Azure knowledge including ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, RDS, CloudFront.
• Experience designing and operating event-driven systems at scale.
• CI/CD ownership and DevOps practices across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive microservices architecture across multiple products and teams.
• Establish engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization.
• Lead design for Java, TypeScript, and Python services and cross-team initiatives.
• Own CI/CD strategy and DevOps practices to improve deployment velocity and reliability.
• Design event-driven systems using SNS/SQS, EventBridge, and Kafka.
• Architect serverless solutions with Lambda and Step Functions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

TypeScript

Vue/React

AWS/Azure

CI/CD

Python

Tools

Terraform

CDK

Job description

Join Our Team as a Staff Software Engineer

Company: Coreforce

Location: Atlanta, GA

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Based on Experience

Company Overview

Coreforce is an innovative technology company providing public safety organizations a comprehensive technology suite from dispatch to the courtroom. Coreforce delivers integrated technology designed to support public safety entities, regardless of organizational size. Our products - body cameras, in-car videos, mobile routers, and digital evidence systems- help public safety officers and first responders save lives, strengthen community trust, and enhance accountability.

Staff Software Engineer - Build Your Career with Purpose

Join Coreforce and use your engineering skills to support innovative technology that strengthens communities.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Flexible hybrid schedule
• Free chef-inspired lunch Monday-Thursday.
• 15 PTO days + floating holiday.
• Competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k). We provide 401(k) matching per the terms of the 401(k) plan.
• Annual bonus.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Career growth in a fast-growing, mission-driven company.
• Collaborative, purpose-driven culture.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive microservices architecture across multiple products and teams
• Establish engineering standards, patterns, and best practices adopted across the organization
• Define Spring Boot service patterns, standards, and shared libraries used across teams
• Lead technical design for complex, cross-team initiatives spanning Java, TypeScript, and Python services
• Own CI/CD strategy and DevOps practices for your area, improving deployment velocity and reliability
• Design and implement event-driven systems at scale using SNS/SQS, EventBridge, and Kafka
• Architect serverless solutions using Lambda, Step Functions, and associated AWS/Azure services
• Drive cloud infrastructure decisions across ECS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and related services
• Mentor Senior engineers and contribute to the growth of the broader engineering team
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers and Product leadership on technical roadmap and prioritization
• Lead technical design reviews and ensure architectural consistency across teams
• Identify strategic technical investments and drive adoption of new technologies
• Contribute to hiring processes including interview design and competency bar definition
• Drive reliability, observability, and performance improvements across services
• Resolve complex cross-service technical challenges and production incidents

Required Qualifications

• Extensive professional experience with demonstrated progression through engineering levels
• Expert-level proficiency in Java with deep experience in Spring Boot microservices architecture, and TypeScript (Vue/React) for full-stack development
• Proven experience defining microservices architecture across multiple products
• Deep AWS or Azure expertise including ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, and CloudFront
• Experience designing and operating event-driven systems at scale
• CI/CD strategy ownership and DevOps best practices across multiple teams
• Experience with Python for automation, data processing, or AI/ML integration
• Track record leading technical design across teams and driving consensus on architecture
• Strong background in system design, scalability, and reliability engineering
• Recommends architecture approaches involving data storage — understands scalability, consistency models, partitioning, replication, operational concerns, and organization-wide data patterns across SQL and NoSQL systems
• Proven mentorship of engineers at multiple levels
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence without authority

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI/LLM integration including RAG, multi-agent workflows, or computer vision
• Public safety or mission-critical domain experience
• Multi-tenant SaaS architecture design and implementation
• Infrastructure as code expertise (Terraform, CDK)
• Performance engineering at scale across distributed systems
• Security architecture and threat modeling experience
• Experience defining hiring standards and competency bars for engineering teams
• Contributions to engineering blog posts, conference talks, or open-source projects

Coreforce is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.