Staff Engineer

Dutchie

Staff Engineer at Dutchie focusing on enterprise-grade retail software improvements. Collaborating cross-team and setting technical direction to enhance software quality and reliability.

Posted 7/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and running production systems at scale, with a strong focus on clean code, scalable data models, and effective use of AI to enhance software solutions. Proven ability to mentor engineers, communicate technical direction, and align cross-functional teams towards unified goals.

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Production Systems ManagementBackend Stack Proficiency (.NET/C#, TypeScript, Ruby)Scalable Data Model DesignAI Utilization in Software DevelopmentMentorship and Team Development

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Hard Skills

Production SystemsBackend DevelopmentData Model DesignCode QualityTestingAI IntegrationSystem ArchitectureProblem SolvingStakeholder EngagementFeature Development

Soft Skills

CommunicationMentoringCuriosityCollaborationAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

PostgreSQLMS SQLMongoDBReactLLMs

Industry Keywords

Enterprise SoftwareRetail SoftwareAgile MethodologiesCross-Functional CollaborationCustomer-Centric Development

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

MongoDB.NETPostgresReactRubySQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Make real improvements to enterprise-grade retail software at scale
Set technical direction — make the architecture calls that shape how systems evolve, and align teams behind them
Work with stakeholders to scope, sharpen, and stress-test customer-facing features
Get in front of customers to learn how they work and where it hurts, then turn that into better products
Partner across the org on unified solutions for problems that span teams
Mentor other engineers — everyone had help to get here, reinforce your own skills by helping others grow theirs
Help the team plan, estimate, and de-risk big work by breaking it down and sequencing it well
Set the bar for engineering judgment, code quality, and craft

Requirements

What you’ll need

We're flexible on years of experience. The depth and influence we're after usually show up around 8+ years in, but it's about what you can do, not the number on your résumé.
A track record of building and running production systems at scale
Deep, hands-on experience in at least one modern backend stack — across Dutchie you'll find .NET/C#, TypeScript, Ruby, and React on the frontend, backed by PostgreSQL, MS SQL, and MongoDB. We care more about how fast you ramp than a perfect stack match on day one
Experience designing scalable data models across relational and non-relational stores
Pride in your craft — code that's clean, tested, and easy for the next person to build on.
You use LLMs routinely — researching unfamiliar systems, diagnosing issues, planning solutions to messy problems, writing and reviewing code, and watching what you ship.
You are comfortable and excited about an agentic first environment. You know how to utilize AI to ship better solutions faster and safer than you could by hand alone.
You raise the team's baseline — turning one-off wins into repeatable practices.
You make the people around you better — your biggest impact isn't just your code, it's how you raise everyone else's output and judgment.
You're genuinely curious about customers, and you let their pain points steer where the team spends its effort.
When a problem spans multiple teams and no one owns the whole thing, you're the one who scopes it, breaks it into pieces teams can run with, and keeps them pointed the same way.
You can hold several threads at once — a few projects plus the broader technical direction — and reprioritize cleanly when things shift.
You know where process helps and where it's in the way.
You communicate well — you make hard trade-offs clear to engineers, product, and leadership alike.
You own outcomes, not tasks — from ambiguous to shipped, accountable for how it runs in production.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full medical benefits including dental and vision plans to ensure you always have the best care.
Equity packages in the form of stock options to all employees.
Technology (hardware, software, reading materials, etc..) allowance
Flexible vacation and sick days