Role Summary
The Staff Software Engineer acts as a senior technical leader within the engineering organization, driving high-impact initiatives across multiple work streams. This role provides deep technical expertise, influences architecture decisions, mentors engineering teams, and ensures high-quality, scalable, secure solutions aligned with business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Execution
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Lead and coordinate technical and business aspects of software development, including requirement analysis, design, solution planning, and implementation.
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Serve as a subject-matter expert and principal developer on complex project modules.
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Act as a technical escalation point across multiple teams and projects.
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Identify risks, propose mitigation strategies, and ensure robust solution design.
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Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, code quality, and testing standards.
Architecture & Design
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Collaborate with Architects to review technical designs and propose improvements.
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Recommend design patterns, application structure, and integration strategies.
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Evaluate technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance platform capabilities.
Team Collaboration & Mentorship
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Mentor engineers across disciplines to build technical depth and leadership.
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Encourage ownership, accountability, and strong engineering culture.
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Participate in technical hiring and maintain a high hiring bar.
Operational Excellence
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Promote best practices in coding, testing, observability, and security.
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Collaborate with DevOps teams to optimize CI/CD and deployment processes.
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Support incident handling and conduct root-cause analysis.
Additional
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Fulfill all responsibilities of a Senior Software Engineer with higher autonomy.
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Take on additional duties as business needs evolve.
Technical Competencies
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Ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly and lead client discussions.
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Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders; produces clear technical documentation.
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Strong understanding of CI/CD workflows, pipelines, infrastructure basics, and Dev–Ops collaboration gaps.
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Advanced programming expertise with solid grasp of OOP/FP, SOLID principles, and GoF design patterns; supports and mentors junior engineers.
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Full-stack development capability across backend (.NET), frontend (React), with basic mobile understanding; deep expertise in at least one core stack.
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Ensures code quality through unit, integration, and end-to-end testing; applies code analyzers and enforces testing standards.
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Delivers high-quality PRs, validates functionality thoroughly, and enforces engineering best practices and standards.