Staff Software Engineer — Lead Platform Architect

Slate Auto LLC; United States; Remote; USD 171,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k

Job summary

Slate is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead design of key systems across our digital platform. You will own architecture, code, and tests, while mentoring engineers to raise the technical bar.

You will collaborate with UX and product teams to deliver customer-first solutions in a fast-paced startup environment. You are a technical authority with 10+ years of experience, skilled in distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, with a plus for ecommerce or marketplace knowledge.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and operating scalable software systems.
• Technical leadership with architecture and trade-off decisions across teams.
• Experience designing reliable distributed systems including web services and cloud infra.
• Ability to work through ambiguity and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Experience integrating third-party platforms and SaaS via APIs, events, and webhooks.
• Experience with ecommerce or marketplace systems is a plus.
• Frontend performance optimization experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, implementation, and delivery of major systems across teams.
• Code and test components, lead reviews, and bring designs to technical committee.
• Own code quality, system tests, and integration for built interfaces.
• Simplify complex problems and bring creative, sound judgment.
• Collaborate with UX and product teams to build customer-first solutions.
• Be a technical authority and advise on trade-offs across groups.
• Help shape technical objectives and align across groups.
• Mentor engineers and guide work to raise the technical bar.

Skills

10+ years of software development

Technical leadership

Distributed systems design

APIs and web services

Cloud infrastructure

API integrations with SaaS

Ecommerce/marketplace knowledge

Frontend performance optimization

Tools

Web services

APIs

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Slate is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead design of key systems across our digital platform. You will own architecture, code, and tests, while mentoring engineers to raise the technical bar.

You will collaborate with UX and product teams to deliver customer-first solutions in a fast-paced startup environment. You are a technical authority with 10+ years of experience, skilled in distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, with a plus for ecommerce or marketplace knowledge.