Fortive

Staff Software Engineer

Fortive$137K — $229K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years professional software development experience, with leadership in technical initiatives.
  • Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and C# in enterprise-scale applications.
  • Experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS and/or Azure focused on security and performance.
  • Familiarity with GitHub Actions, DevOps practices, and Terraform.
  • Expertise in scalability, performance, resilience, and reliability engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and evolution of scalable, secure systems.
  • Define architectural direction and engineering standards across teams.
  • Drive major initiatives like cloud transformation and platform scalability.
  • Oversee technical planning, design reviews, and risk mitigation efforts.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop sustainable solutions.
  • Mentor engineers and enhance technical leadership within the organization.

Benefits

  • Bonus eligibility as part of total compensation package.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across product areas. You will shape architecture, guide complex engineering initiatives, and help teams deliver scalable, secure, and reliable software.

This remote role is based in USA/Canada and requires strong collaboration across distributed engineering, product, and business teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, highly available systems and platforms.
- Define architectural direction, engineering standards, and technical best practices across teams.
- Drive large technical initiatives such as modernization, cloud transformation, platform scalability, and developer productivity improvements.
- Lead technical planning, design reviews, and risk mitigation for cross-team initiatives.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering Managers, Architects, and stakeholders to turn business goals into sustainable technical solutions.
- Mentor engineers and strengthen technical leadership, design practices, and knowledge sharing across the organization.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of professional software development experience, including leadership of technical initiatives.
- Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and C# in enterprise-scale applications.
- Experience designing distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native solutions.
- Strong AWS and/or Azure experience, including security, observability, automation, and production operations.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, DevOps practices, and Terraform.
- Deep understanding of scalability, performance, resilience, and reliability engineering.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience building or operating production AI/LLM-enabled applications, such as model integrations, evaluation frameworks, or AI-assisted developer tooling.
- Experience with highly available SaaS production systems.

Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 137,200.00 - 229,100.00

About Fortive

Fortive is a diversified industrial growth company comprised of Professional Instrumentation and Industrial Technologies businesses that are recognized leaders in attractive markets. With 2019 revenues of $6.3 billion, Fortive's well-known brands hold leading positions in field instrumentation, transportation, sensing, product realization, automation and specialty, and franchise distribution. Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 17,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative employees in more than 50 countries around the world.
Learn more about Fortive
Size
18,000 employees
Market Cap
$22.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.6 billion
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
-0.5%
Revenue
$6.5 billion
NASDAQ

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