
Staff Software Engineer
CaptivateIQ
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • North Carolina • Tennessee • United States
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Salary
💰 $181,289 - $250,239 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Set the multi-year technical strategy for the modeling platform, partnering with senior EPD leadership on long-term vision
- Architect distributed computation systems that scale horizontally with predictable SLAs, evolving from single-node to partitioned, parallel execution at enterprise scale
- Own technical decisions with organization-wide impact where the right answer is ambiguous or contested
- Drive operational excellence for mission-critical financial workloads: reliability, observability, graceful degradation, cost efficiency, and incident response
- Design platform APIs and SDKs consumed by multiple product teams, ensuring consistent behavior, strong contracts, and rapid feature adoption
- Be a force multiplier - elevate engineering capabilities across teams through design leadership, code review standards, architectural mentorship, and knowledge sharing that scales beyond your own direct contributions
- Invest deeply in coaching engineers, helping them grow in scope and develop toward senior and staff-level impact.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with progression into staff-level technical leadership
- Deep expertise in distributed systems and data-intensive architectures at scale
- Track record of operational excellence for mission-critical production systems
- Demonstrated force multiplier - elevates teams through mentorship, design leadership, and raising the technical bar
- Ability to set technical strategy across teams and make high-stakes decisions under ambiguity.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for all FTEs, with roughly 75% coverage for dependents.
- Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation days plus quarterly mental health days to ensure you have the space to recharge.
- Annual Stipends: Dedicated funds for your professional development and caretaking needs.
- Work Anniversary Bonuses: Annual bonuses to celebrate your milestones and contributions to the CaptivateIQ team that grow as your tenure does.
- Retirement Savings (US-Only): A 401(k) plan to help you invest in and secure your future.
- Premium Tools: The latest Apple hardware to empower you to do your best work.
- Inclusive Community: Active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that celebrate shared identities and support our DEI goals by fostering an environment where diverse talent thrives.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
distributed systemsdata-intensive architecturesAPI designSDK developmentoperational excellencetechnical strategyhorizontal scalingincident responsereliabilitycost efficiency
Soft Skills
mentorshipdesign leadershipcoachingknowledge sharingdecision making under ambiguityteam elevationcommunicationcollaborationorganizational impactforce multiplier