Staff Software Engineer - Platform Architect (Remote)

Lyric; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyric is seeking a Staff Software Engineer who will drive the design and implementation of mission-critical systems across the platform. As a high-level individual contributor, you will lead architectural decisions, influence engineering standards, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on in building scalable, high-performance software.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions, lead design reviews, resolve production

Qualifications

• Minimum eight years of software engineering experience, including designing and shipping large-scale systems.
• Proficiency in one or more backend or full stack languages such as Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement core services, systems, and APIs with a focus on scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Lead technical design and code reviews, guiding engineering standards and performance optimization.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Lyric is seeking a Staff Software Engineer who will drive the design and implementation of mission-critical systems across the platform. As a high-level individual contributor, you will lead architectural decisions, influence engineering standards, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on in building scalable, high-performance software.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions, lead design reviews, resolve production