Staff Software Engineer | Lead Architect & Systems Scale

Career Launch

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 190,000 - 260,000

Full time

11 hours ago

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Job summary

Career Launch is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. The role targets senior engineers who can lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems used by growing tech companies, working across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

Ideal candidates ship and operate complex software, communicate effectively, and steer initiatives from problem definition to production results.

Qualifications

Senior engineering experience shipping and operating complex software.
Strong system design and technical judgment.
Experience working across product and business functions in fast-moving environments.
Ability to lead ambiguous work from problem definition to production results.
Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without formal authority.
Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresentation.

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical leader for a core software product and the systems behind it.
Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
Build, review, and improve production systems with emphasis on reliability, security, and performance.
Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.