Staff Software Engineer

CCS Global Tech; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CCS Global Tech in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Developer Platform / DevEx to shape architecture and drive implementation. This hands-on engineer role requires leading by example across teams, mentoring engineers, and delivering scalable backend systems.

You will work on distributed services, CI/CD automation, internal tooling, and observability. A deep background in Java or Python, plus Docker and Kubernetes, is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Backend engineering with Java and/or Python at scale.
• Staff/Principal-level technical leadership.
• Developer platforms / DevEx experience.
• Internal developer tooling and infrastructure.
• Distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• CI/CD architecture and automation.
• Docker and Kubernetes expertise.
• Highly available backend systems.
• Observability: monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting.
• Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong architecture, reliability, performance, and security.
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence multiple teams without direct authority.

Skills

Java

Python

Staff/Principal leadership

DevEx / Developer platforms

Internal tooling

Distributed systems

Microservices

CI/CD

Observability

Architectural leadership

Security

Mentoring engineers

Reliability

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

2. Staff Software Engineer – Developer Platform / DevEx

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Work Model: Onsite

Work Authorization: Green Card preferred; H-1B can be considered for strong candidates

Experience: 10+ years

Education: Please capture and verify education background.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong backend engineering using Java and/or Python
• Staff/Principal-level technical leadership experience
• Developer platforms / Developer Experience (DevEx)
• Internal developer tooling or engineering infrastructure
• Distributed systems and microservices
• CI/CD architecture and automation
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Highly available backend systems
• Observability: monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Strong architecture, scalability, reliability, performance and security knowledge
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence multiple teams without direct authority

Strong Plus

• Event-driven architecture and messaging
• Release/build engineering
• Self-service infrastructure and deployment platforms

Important: We need a true hands-on Staff Engineer, not simply a people manager. The candidate should be able to operate at both the architecture/strategy level and implementation level.