Staff Software Engineer, Luxury

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Discretionary paid time off

18 weeks paid parental leave

Subsidized commuter benefits

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a motivated Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco. You'll play a crucial role in developing app experiences and maintaining high-quality infrastructure.

In this hybrid role, you will collaborate with various teams, shape the architecture of systems, and mentor engineers. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits including flexible work arrangements and 401(k) plans.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership.
• Experience in developing mobile apps and guiding client-server decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shape the long-term architecture for full-stack systems.
• Translate high-level business goals into actionable engineering projects.
• Establish best practices for deployment and on-call health.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

System ownership

Mobile app development

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

At the company, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

The Luxury team builds rich and creative features that set the standard for the ride sharing industry. We are looking for a motivated staff engineer to join us building app experiences, UIs, and infrastructure for Black, Black SUV, and other upmarket modes for which quality is uncompromising. Ownership is a key quality for this team; you should be driven to track a project to successful completion and beyond, taking initiative to work with other teams and functions to ensure the code you write reaches users and drives impact.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will act as a critical technical leader across backend, frontend, iOS, and Android, taking holistic ownership of complex systems, defining strategic roadmaps, driving cross-functional alignment and engineering excellence to improve the luxury experience. You'll collaborate with engineering, product, data science, analytics, and operations on programs that empower us to iterate quickly, delighting our passengers and drivers.

Responsibilities:

• Shape the long-term architecture for full-stack systems, taking accountability for both short-term functionality and long-term health.
• Translate high-level business goals into actionable engineering projects. Own the technical roadmap from conception to delivery, managing cross-team dependencies and mitigating risks.
• Champion improvements in system, observability, performance, and tech debt reduction, extending your influence beyond your immediate team.
• Establish best practices for deployment, alerting, and on-call health. Take holistic ownership of the platform's stability, tracking down issue root causes and building preventive safeguards for your immediate scope and beyond.
• Drive alignment across product, design, and operations. Proactively resolve bottlenecks and make decisive trade-offs to protect system architecture from competing organizational priorities.
• Mentor and level up the engineers around you. Delegate stretch opportunities, lead cross-team reviews, and foster a culture of strong technical excellence.
• Serve as a dependable, high-bar interviewer and active participant in the company’s broader internal engineering community.

Experience:

• 8+ years of software engineering industry experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership and system ownership.
• Experience developing mobile apps and can guide client-server and iOS/Android decision making.
• Deep expertise in designing, debugging, and running fault-tolerant, highly available, large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated experience driving technical roadmaps, managing cross-team dependencies, and influencing system architecture at an organizational level.
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL databases.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure) and modern container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, cri‑o).
• Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Monthly the company credits and complimentary the company Pink membership

the company is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

the company highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. the company considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks the company offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $176,000 - $220,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.