Staff Software Engineer (Mobile Backend-for-Frontend)

Procore; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 168,560 - 231,770; Full time

Job summary

Procore is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Mobile BFF team within the Mobile division. You will lead the architecture for GraphQL BFF services powering the iOS and Android apps used by construction professionals worldwide.

This hybrid role reports to a Manager in Austin, TX. You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure scalable, reliable mobile experiences as the company builds products used across hospitals, homes, stadiums, and schools.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong system design.
• Proven technical leadership and experience as a tech lead.
• Experience with large-scale systems and scalable architectures.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering direction for the Mobile BFF and architect GraphQL services.
• Drive technical decisions and reduce risk across the team.
• Establish high-quality development standards for reliability and scalability.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and pairing on complex problems.
• Improve performance, resilience, and address technical debt.

Skills

Backend development

Ruby on Rails

Node.js

Java

GraphQL

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

CI/CD

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Code reviews

Job description

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Mobile BFF team within Procore's Mobile division. In this role, you'll use your technical leadership and engineering skills to develop products that impact how hospitals, homes, sports stadiums, and schools across the world are built. The Mobile division builds the native iOS and Android experiences construction teams rely on every day, and this team owns the GraphQL Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) services that power those apps – translating fundamental customer needs into fast, reliable mobile experiences.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll serve as the technical lead for the Mobile BFF team, owning the architecture and direction of the GraphQL BFF services that drive our customer-facing mobile applications. You'll bring deep expertise in distributed systems, test‑driven development, and modern web development to drive sound technical decisions, collaborate with partner teams across the division, and extend your influence broadly across the organization.

This position is hybrid and reports to a Manager, Software Engineering based in Austin, TX.

What you'll do:

• Serve as the technical lead for the Mobile BFF team by setting engineering direction, owning the architecture, translating customer needs into scalable GraphQL BFF services, and contributing to the development and maintenance of the services the team owns.
• Drive sound technical decisions and de‑risk complex work within the team while collaborating with backend feature teams and the broader Mobile organization.
• Establish and champion high‑quality development standards that ensure code maintainability, system reliability, and long‑term scalability.
• Mentor engineers on the team and across the division by conducting constructive code reviews, pairing on complex problems, and raising the engineering bar.
• Optimize application performance and resilience, and drive the resolution of technical debt and systemic risks before they impact customers.

What we're looking for:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering fundamentals, including strong system design skills.
• Deep proficiency in backend development with Ruby on Rails, Node.js, or Java; hands‑on GraphQL or other BFF/API‑layer experience is a strong plus.
• Proven technical leadership, with a track record of serving as a tech lead and influencing technical direction beyond the immediate team scope.
• Experience with large‑scale systems, including managing platforms and infrastructure that support thousands of hosts and millions of users.
• Experience building and maintaining modern CI/CD systems in a large‑scale environment.
• Ability to balance immediate business needs with strategic, long‑term technical investments, and to effectively communicate architectural trade‑offs.
• Strong collaborative and communication skills, with a knack for collaborating effectively across teams.
• Experience working closely with mobile teams or hands‑on iOS/Android development experience is a strong plus.

Base Pay Range:

168,560.00 - 231,770.00 USD Annual

This role may also be eligible for Equity Compensation and/or Bonus Incentive Compensation. Procore is committed to offering competitive, fair, and commensurate compensation. Actual compensation will be based on a candidate's job‑related skills, experience, education or training, and location.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Procore will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

A criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1. appropriately managing, accessing, and handling confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information, as well as accessing Procore's information technology systems and platforms; 2. interacting with and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external customers, stakeholders, and or colleagues; and 3. exercising sound judgment.