Staff Software Engineer — AI-Driven Event Platform

Goodshuffle; Washington; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Health Care (Dental, Vision, HSA,

Unlimited PTO

401k with matching

Commuter Benefits

Hybrid work (3 days in-office)

Job summary

Goodshuffle is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape how our Product Team operates, from discovery to infrastructure. You’ll decide what we build, visit warehouses, talk with vendors, and translate vague problems into actionable plans that teams can execute.

You’ll own how we build it, balancing UI polish with distributed systems tradeoffs, and you’ll push for faster delivery by improving predictability and velocity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Computer Science degree.
• Experience designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Excitement and energy from AI advances.

Responsibilities

• Set the standard for how the Product Team operates from discovery to infrastructure.
• Decide what we build by turning vague problems into actionable plans with phases, sequencing and KPIs.
• Own how we build it, managing UI polish and distributed systems tradeoffs.
• Raise the AI ceiling by enabling agentic workflows to accelerate value creation.
• Build and maintain production systems with visibility and reliability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

AI enthusiasm

Leading engineering teams

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

Grails or Java/Spring

Angular or React

RDBMS

Job description

Goodshuffle is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape how our Product Team operates, from discovery to infrastructure. You’ll decide what we build, visit warehouses, talk with vendors, and translate vague problems into actionable plans that teams can execute.

You’ll own how we build it, balancing UI polish with distributed systems tradeoffs, and you’ll push for faster delivery by improving predictability and velocity.