Staff Software Engineer: Distributed Systems Lead (Remote)

Saasgroup; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible time off

Global team

Job summary

Saasgroup is hiring a Staff Engineer for a remote-first distributed rendering platform that helps dynamic, JavaScript-heavy websites become crawlable and indexable at scale.

The role blends hands-on contribution with architectural leadership, coaching teams, shaping technical direction, and aligning delivery with long-term health across squads. You will work with a small, global team to drive performance, reliability, and scalability while mentoring engineers and influencing product decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and shipping complex distributed systems.
• Experience leading large-scale technical initiatives that simplified core systems.
• Deep backend expertise: TypeScript/Node.js or Go, plus familiarity with cloud.
• Systems thinking connects product goals with architecture.
• Coaching mindset and strong communication to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to core systems with high standards in code quality, testing, and design.
• Drive cross-team architectural initiatives toward simplicity, scalability, and testability.
• Coach engineers through pairing, design reviews, and XP practices.
• Design solutions for performance, reliability, and distributed rendering.
• Spot risks early, resolve bottlenecks, and establish defaults for speed and stability.
• Champion TDD, pair programming, and continuous delivery.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Technical leadership

TypeScript/Node.js

Golang

AWS

Systems thinking

Coaching mindset

Communication

Tools

AWS

Cloud-native infrastructure

Job description

Saasgroup is hiring a Staff Engineer for a remote-first distributed rendering platform that helps dynamic, JavaScript-heavy websites become crawlable and indexable at scale.

The role blends hands-on contribution with architectural leadership, coaching teams, shaping technical direction, and aligning delivery with long-term health across squads. You will work with a small, global team to drive performance, reliability, and scalability while mentoring engineers and influencing product decisions.