Staff Software Engineer - Backend - 7+ years

Outreach; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Outreach is seeking a Staff Software Engineer who thrives on tackling complex technical and architectural challenges at scale. You will bring deep expertise in scalable, distributed systems design, lead high-performing teams through ambiguity, and accelerate product innovation in data-driven and AI-rich environments.

You will steer system evolution, guarantee performance under high loads, and mentor peers while shaping delivery and technical direction.

Qualifications

• Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in scalable, distributed systems design.
• Leads high-performing teams through ambiguity and drives architectural decisions.
• Accelerates product innovation in data-driven and AI-rich environments.
• Steers system evolution and ensures performance under high load while mentoring peers.

Responsibilities

• Tackle complex technical and architectural challenges at scale.
• Lead high-performing teams through ambiguity and guide delivery and technical direction.
• Mentor peers while shaping the system's evolution and performance under load.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Architecture design

Mentoring

Job description

About Outreach

Outreach, founded in 2014, is the only complete agentic AI platform for revenue teams. Outreach infuses agentic AI, conversation intelligence, and assistive AI to power hundreds of use cases across revenue motions. From new logo prospecting to expansions, deal acceleration, driving retention, and forecasting, Outreach AI automates workflows and frees sellers to focus on more strategic conversations and actions. Revenue leaders benefit from connected account visibility, performance insights, and higher forecasting accuracy across every GTM team. World leading enterprise organizations use Outreach to power their revenue teams, including Databricks, SAP, Siemens, and Verizon to name a few.

About the Team

Our mission is to deliver a resilient, internet-scale microservice platform supporting high-velocity development, real-time analytics, and intelligent automation. The team architects and powers critical backend services at the core of our opportunity management and forecasting ecosystem. We collaborate closely with cross-functional leaders to drive innovation, enable data-driven decisions, and leverage cutting-edge AI/ML to ensure global customer impact.

The Role

• We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer who thrives on tackling complex technical and architectural challenges at scale.
• You will bring deep expertise in scalable, distributed systems design, lead high-performing teams through ambiguity, and accelerate product innovation in data-driven and AI-rich environments.
• You will steer system evolution, guarantee performance under high loads, and mentor peers while shaping delivery and technical direction.