Staff Software Engineer: Architect Systems & Reliability

Matthews™; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Arizona is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to drive reliability and performance across systems. You will lead the design and implementation of complex systems, mentor junior engineers, and advocate for automation and systemic improvements. The ideal candidate has over 12 years of experience, deep knowledge of React, and a strong commitment to reliability principles. This role offers a competitive salary range of $170k-220k depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Deep experience with modern web applications, React preferred.
• Strong background in at least one typed language beyond TypeScript.
• Strong aversion to manual, repetitive toil.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of complex systems across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• Make architectural decisions for scalability and reliability.
• Set standards for code quality, testing, and operational readiness.
• Drive CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions and Terraform.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers.
• Lead incident response and postmortems.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Golang

Python

GraphQL

Postgres

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform

Graphite

Prometheus

Linux Internals

Job description

A leading technology company in Arizona is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to drive reliability and performance across systems. You will lead the design and implementation of complex systems, mentor junior engineers, and advocate for automation and systemic improvements. The ideal candidate has over 12 years of experience, deep knowledge of React, and a strong commitment to reliability principles. This role offers a competitive salary range of $170k-220k depending on experience.