Staff Software Engineer — Remote, API & Platform Lead

Depot; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Depot is seeking a talented Staff Engineer to join its fully remote team. In this role, you will own product work across APIs, CLI, and GitHub integrations while turning vague customer challenges into precise product solutions.

Your primary responsibilities include improving developer workflows, designing consistent APIs, and debugging production issues. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of engineering experience and a solid understanding of backend and infrastructure systems.

Depot values clear writing, async collaboration, and encourages everyone to balance work with real life.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of production engineering experience or equivalent.
• Experience with CI systems and developer tooling.
• Strong project ownership from ambiguity to production.

Responsibilities

• Own product work across various tools and integrations.
• Turn ambiguous customer pain into technical plans.
• Improve developer-facing workflows.

Skills

Backend behavior understanding

API design and development

Developer empathy

Debugging skills

Emotional intelligence

Tools

TypeScript

Go

React

AWS

Job description

Depot is seeking a talented Staff Engineer to join its fully remote team. In this role, you will own product work across APIs, CLI, and GitHub integrations while turning vague customer challenges into precise product solutions.

Your primary responsibilities include improving developer workflows, designing consistent APIs, and debugging production issues. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of engineering experience and a solid understanding of backend and infrastructure systems.

Depot values clear writing, async collaboration, and encourages everyone to balance work with real life.