Staff Software Engineer — Architect & Tech Leader (Remote)

Rainfall Ventures; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Remote-friendly with HQ in Ventura, CA

Job summary

Curri is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Technology team as a technical leader who helps set the direction for how we build at scale. You'll operate across many projects, reviewing architecture, unblocking teams, and shaping the systems everyone else builds on top of.

You'll still write code and ship features yourself, but your impact comes from technical judgment, mentorship, and architectural direction.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building production software with ownership of architecture and technical direction beyond a single team or project.
• Demonstrated experience leading system design for scalable, reliable production infrastructure.
• Experience across backend and/or frontend with credibility in architecture reviews across the stack.

Responsibilities

• Architect and guide the design of scalable, long-lasting systems, partnering with multiple teams to fit work into a coherent technical strategy.
• Lead architecture reviews and design discussions across several projects, providing technical judgment for teams lacking context.
• Unblock engineers by tackling gnarly technical problems, debugs, and clearing paths even on non-leading projects.
• Stay hands-on and ship production code regularly, using AI tooling like Claude Code, Cursor, Claude for design and code review.
• Mentor engineers at all levels, acting as a multiplier for those around you.
• Identify systemic risks and technical debt early and drive cross-team investments to fix them.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership, PMs, and senior staff to translate business priorities into technical roadmaps.

Skills

Architectural leadership

System design

Mentorship

Effective communication

AI-paired delivery

Tools

TypeScript/Node.js

PostgreSQL

Redis

NATS

React/React Native

Job description

Curri is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Technology team as a technical leader who helps set the direction for how we build at scale. You'll operate across many projects, reviewing architecture, unblocking teams, and shaping the systems everyone else builds on top of.

You'll still write code and ship features yourself, but your impact comes from technical judgment, mentorship, and architectural direction.