Staff Software Engineer

Typeface

$210K — $240K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
  • 12+ years of experience in full-stack application development
  • Strong proficiency in frontend and backend technologies
  • Experience with major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Ability to translate high-level requirements into detailed execution plans
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases and pub/sub systems
  • Performance optimization across the tech stack
  • Bonus: experience at a high-growth startup.

Responsibilities

  • Own the delivery of key product and technology initiatives
  • Deliver high-quality, readable software
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers
  • Investigate and prototype innovative solutions
  • Define and drive best practices for web applications and cloud services

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation including salary, equity, and 401(k)
  • Full medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
  • HSA and FSA options for financial wellness
  • Flexible time off, including parental leave
  • Well-being programs for mental and physical health support
  • Daily lunch and snacks provided
  • Opportunity to work closely with top AI leaders on impactful products
Full Job Description
What You'll Do

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building features end-to-end. You will work closely with cross-functional teams including product, design, marketing, and data science to design and develop features.

How You'll Make an Impact

We are looking for strong full-stack engineers across multiple levels to join our team and help us build innovative and elegant web applications and cloud services that deliver the power of Generative AI to our customers.
  1. Own the delivery of key product and technology initiatives across technical design, specification, development, testing, and launch.
  2. Delivery of high-quality software that can be easily read and leveraged by others
  3. Collaborate with designers, product managers, marketing, and other engineers.
  4. Investigate, prototype, and deliver innovative solutions throughout the stack
  5. Define and drive the adoption of best practices for building modern web applications and cloud services.

What You Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
  • 12+ years of experience in developing scalable, reliable, performant, and secure full-stack applications.
  • Experience with Claude and other AI tools.
  • Strong proficiency in frontend and backend development technologies.
  • Experience building products running on a major cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
  • Ability to translate high-level requirements into a detailed execution plan
  • Experience with relational and non-relational data stores and pub/sub systems
  • Experience optimizing performance across the entire stack.
  • Bonus: Prior experience working at a high-growth startup or tech company.

Location

This is a hybrid role reporting to our Seattle or Palo Alto office 3 days a week.

Base Salary

The range for this role is $210,000-$240,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process.

Benefits
  • Competitive compensation - including salary, equity, and 401(k)
  • Full medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
  • HSA and FSA options to support your financial wellness
  • Flexible time off - including parental leave
  • Well-being programs - resources to support your mental and physical health
  • Daily lunch & snacks
  • Mentorship & impact - work closely with top AI leaders on products that ship

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