Staff Software Engineer (Seattle)

Félix; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Annual Performance Bonus

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) With Employer Matching

Hybrid Working Model

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Félix is seeking an Architect to build and optimize foundational services and infrastructure. You will set platform architecture and standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver production-ready features quickly.

The role requires 8+ years of experience with backend development, APIs, databases, and cloud-native infrastructure, plus strong architectural judgment and observability skills in a CI/CD environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating distributed systems.
• Expertise in backend development, APIs, databases, and cloud-native infra.
• Strong architectural judgment, resilience/observability, and CI/CD delivery ability.

Responsibilities

• Architect and set platform architecture and standards.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate across teams.
• Deliver production-ready features quickly with CI/CD.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Python

Go

Java

Microservices Architecture

REST APIs

gRPC

SQL and NoSQL Databases

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Terraform

System Resilience

Observability and Monitoring

System Architecture

Technical Leadership

Mentorship

Job description

Architect, build, and optimize foundational services and infrastructure, improving resilience, scalability, performance, availability, and observability. Set platform architecture and standards, collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and deliver production-ready features quickly.

Requirements:

Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating complex distributed systems, with expertise in backend development, APIs, databases, and cloud-native infrastructure. Candidates should demonstrate strong architectural judgment, resilience and observability experience, cross-team influence, and the ability to deliver high-quality software in a CI/CD environment; advanced or fluent English is required.

Key Skills:

• Distributed Systems
• Python
• Go
• Java
• Microservices Architecture
• REST APIs
• gRPC
• SQL and NoSQL Databases
• Google Cloud Platform
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• System Resilience
• Observability and Monitoring
• System Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• Mentorship

Benefits:

• Stock Options
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) With Employer Matching
• Hybrid Working Model
• Continuous Learning Opportunities
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave