Staff Engineer, Jus Mundi

• 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering and cloud infrastructure management, with at least 3 years in senior or staff-level technical leadership roles
• Proven experience designing, scaling, and operating fault-tolerant distributed systems
• Strong product mindset, with the ability to understand business context, user needs, and how technical decisions impact product success
• Demonstrated ability to make and communicate clear technical trade-offs in service of business value, user experience, and long-term platform health
• Expert-level proficiency in our relevant technology stack and modern backend architectures
• Strong experience of Infrastructure as Code, with hands-on experience using tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, and Ansible. Environments must be managed strictly through code, with no manual console changes
• Strong track record of leading complex technical projects without direct managerial authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-impact projects on time and to a high standard
• Fluent English required

Desirable

• Jus Mundi is looking for a Staff Engineer to play a critical role in shaping and sustaining a resilient, secure, and scalable platform that acts as a force multiplier for our entire engineering organization
• This role sits at the intersection of long-term technical vision, day-to-day operational excellence, and product impact. You will lead the shift from reactive operations to proactive engineering, setting the bar for stability, security, and developer experience across the company
• This is a senior individual contributor role with broad influence, designed for an engineer who drives impact through architecture, standards, mentorship, and product-oriented technical leadership rather than people management
• You will work across multiple product and platform teams within Jus Mundi’s Engineering organization
• You will collaborate with closely with Engineering, Product, AI, and Security stakeholders from different squads to define shared foundations and enable teams to move faster and safer
• Our engineering culture values high ownership, pragmatism, collaboration, and technical excellence
• You will partner with senior engineers and tech leads to solve complex cross-cutting challenges and raise the overall maturity of our systems and practices
• Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy across multiple teams and domains, with a strong focus on product outcomes and user impact
• Design and evolve fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems, applying proven software engineering patterns such as API versioning, asynchronous messaging, caching strategies, or database sharding
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering leaders to balance technical trade-offs with business value and delivery timelines
• Define and enforce engineering standards related to reliability, security, testing, and deployment
• Lead the transition toward fully automated, self-healing, and immutable infrastructure
• Act as a technical driver for platform-wide initiatives that improve system reliability, performance, developer productivity, and end-user experience
• Mentor engineers and act as a trusted technical advisor across the organization
• You will be empowered to modernize our platform foundations, reduce operational risk, and directly impact business outcomes by enabling teams to ship faster with confidence
• Key technical focus areas:
• Developer experience and platform enablement, including CI/CD pipelines, standardized APIs, observability, and high-quality documentation
• Security by design, including architectural approaches to mitigate risks such as DDoS and scraping without relying on reactive patching
• Operational excellence, including automated remediation, elimination of manual production interventions, and clear technical debt reduction strategies
• Code quality, testing strategies, deployment best practices, and system observability

• We’re proud of our multicultural team representing 37 nationalities! To ensure smooth communication, please apply in English (CV + Application Form)
• Introductory Call with Laurine, Talent Manager (30 min)
• Management Interview with Thomas, CTO, and Yohan, Head of Infrastructure (1H)
• Use Case & Tech Q/A: Matthieu, John, Tech Leads, and Yohan, Head of Infrastructure (1H30)
• Team-fit Meeting with DevOps and Software Engineers from the team (45 min)
• Last call with Jean-Rémi, CEO, or Anna, VP of People (30 min)
• Please note that, due to the nature of the sector we operate in, the final steps of our recruitment process include reference calls and a background check