Senior Staff Software Engineer – Remote

Dispel

. Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives from architecture and planning through implementation and delivery.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $169,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDNSFirewallsSwitching

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives from architecture and planning through implementation and delivery.
Drive technical decision-making for systems that span application, infrastructure, networking, and cloud environments.
Contribute to architectural direction, scalability planning, reliability improvements, and operational maturity across the platform.
Debug and resolve complex production and infrastructure issues across distributed systems.
Partner with engineering leadership to evolve development practices, testing strategies, deployment workflows, and operational standards.
Produce technical proposals, architecture documents, and implementation plans that align teams around execution.
Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, system design discussions, and collaborative problem solving.
Help raise engineering quality through thoughtful feedback, documentation, and strong technical execution.
Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable customer outcomes.
Communicate technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations clearly across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated track record of leading complex technical projects involving multiple engineers.
Strong proficiency in software development across multiple languages and paradigms.
Comfortable using coding agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) as part of your daily workflow.
Solid understanding of network architecture including routing, switching, VPN protocols, DNS, and firewalls.
Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
Familiarity with cloud networking constructs such as VPCs, subnets, security groups, transit gateways, and private endpoints.
Experience working with distributed systems including databases, caches, queues, event-driven systems, and cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts and drive projects through ambiguity to delivery.
Experience creating technical designs, architecture proposals, and implementation documentation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

$150,000-169,000 salary range
401(k) w/ company match
Unlimited paid time off
Parental leave
Full medical, dental, vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Health savings account
Performance bonus and equity eligible
Remote work

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Hard Skills & Tools

software developmentnetwork architectureAWSAzuredistributed systemstechnical designarchitecture proposalsimplementation documentationcoding agentscloud networking

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationproblem solvingtechnical guidancefeedbackcross-functional teamworkdecision-makingexecution alignment