Full Job Description
Senior / Staff Software Engineer
Device Platform • Reports to: Director of Software Engineering • Full Time • Office / Remote / Hybrid
Your Role at Pura:
As a Senior / Staff Software Engineer, you will design, build, and operate the services that connect and control Pura's smart fragrance devices, owning complex projects from design through production and helping raise the technical bar for the team. You will help us inspire a belief in the power of fragrance to craft and elevate memorable moments for our Owners. This is your chance to make an impact in a high-growth company that's redefining the way people experience scent.
What You'll Own:
• Design and build: Architect and deliver reliable, scalable services and APIs that power device connectivity, control, and smart home integrations
• Own complex projects: Take large, ambiguous problems from design through rollout, breaking them into milestones and driving them to completion
• Operate what you build: Own the production health of your services, including monitoring, alerting, debugging, and incident follow-up
• Infrastructure as code: Build and maintain AWS infrastructure with tools like Terraform, and build dashboards and tracing with Grafana and OpenTelemetry
• Raise the bar: Lead by example in code review, testing, and design discussions
• Mentor: Coach junior and mid-level engineers and help them grow
• Collaborate: Partner with Product, Firmware, Mobile, and SRE to scope and deliver features
Essential Functions:
• Write and review technical design documents for projects you lead.
• Troubleshoot production issues across services and participate in incident response.
• Identify and drive improvements to performance, cost, and technical debt.
• Lead and participate in special projects and assignments as required.
Qualifications:
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems and APIs in production.
• Strong experience with AWS is a plus.
• Familiarity with any of Go, Elixir, or TypeScript is a plus, as is the ability to work effectively in a polyglot environment.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and observability tools such as Terraform, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of mentoring other engineers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
