Staff Software Engineer, Optro

• Our ideal candidate is a technical leader who drives consensus across teams, can independently own initiatives from concept to delivery, and is genuinely passionate about elevating the entire engineering organization
• We’re a hardworking, energetic team that is passionate about our customers and believes that to be successful we should never stop learning: learning about our customers, our product, and how to build better software
• If you have a demonstrated history of success delivering complex projects and want to amplify your impact by leading and mentoring others—we want to hear from you!
• 10+ years of experience developing web-based applications with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex projects
• Deep expertise in programming languages (e.g., JavaScript/TS, Go, Python) and extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Extensive experience with SPA frameworks (e.g., Ember.js, React, Vue) and distributed systems architecture
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Natural ability to lead and direct technical vision across multiple teams and projects
• History of mentoring and developing other engineers
• Passion for technical excellence and continuous learning

Desirable

• We’re looking for a proven staff engineer with an exceptional track record of delivering large-scale, complex projects who can embrace cutting-edge AI and agentic workflows, and lead the charge into the future of software development
• This position demands outstanding autonomy, the natural ability to lead and direct technical vision across teams, and mentoring engineers at all levels to deliver transformational solutions
• You’ll own the most significant technical challenges—from designing enterprise-scale systems to establishing the architectural patterns that will define our platform for years to come
• This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and exceptional written and oral communication skills to align software solutions with the company’s business objectives
• Own and drive technical designs for complex systems, including cloud-native, distributed, and service architectures, setting the standard for the organization
• Establish and evolve best practices and guidelines for software development, integration, testing, and deployment across the engineering organization
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with developers, infrastructure engineers, product owners, and executive stakeholders to ensure consistent implementation of the architecture and alignment with business strategy
• Drive adoption of new technologies and approaches across teams, particularly around scalability, reliability, and security, making strategic technical decisions that impact the entire platform
• Communicate architectural vision, strategies, and the benefits of design decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, including executives
• Lead the development and implementation of large-scale engineering initiatives, from conception to completion, with full ownership of outcomes
• Demonstrate deep expertise with TypeScript, Node.JS, Ember, Python, Go, Docker, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and related technologies
• Lead thorough testing, debugging, and optimization of solutions, establishing quality standards for the organization
• Champion Agile software development practices and drive continuous improvement in team processes
• Explore and innovate on micro-frontend framework solutions to enable modular, scalable, and independently deployable frontend architectures across the platform
• Define the vision for AI-powered tools and agentic workflows, driving organization-wide adoption to accelerate development and improve code quality
• Serve as the primary technical leader and mentor for engineers at all levels, establishing agentic coding practices and knowledge-sharing culture to elevate the entire engineering organization