Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI

Juniper Square

Senior Staff Software Engineer leading architecture and evolution of core systems for Juniper Square. Involves hands-on leadership in designing systems and mentoring engineers in a distributed environment.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $265,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the architecture and evolution of core systems
Define the vision, architecture, operating model, and execution roadmap
Actively design systems, prototype solutions, write and review code
Modernize the service architecture and cloud foundation
Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and product teams
Mentor engineers and build a culture of operational excellence
Serve as the senior technical voice in enterprise sales
Ensure reliability, scalability, and resilience of the platform

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
15+ years in distributed systems, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles
Proven experience architecting large-scale, high-availability multi-tenant distributed systems in production
Strong hands-on experience with modern cloud-native stacks (Kubernetes, containers, service mesh, serverless)
Deep expertise in distributed systems fundamentals: consistency models, consensus, partitioning, idempotency, backpressure, and failure modes
Advanced proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or similar; strong systems-level debugging skills
Expertise in infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar) and modern CI/CD
Experience designing event-driven and streaming architectures (Kafka or similar)
Experience building developer platforms, internal tooling, or paved-road infrastructure at scale
Strong understanding of observability practices and SRE principles (SLOs, error budgets, incident management)
Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP at production scale
Strong understanding of infrastructure security, multi-tenancy, and compliance best practices
Ability to operate at both executive and deeply technical levels.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
Life insurance
Mental wellness coverage
Fertility and growing family support
Flex Time Off in addition to company-paid holidays
Paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies
Retirement saving plans
Allowance to customize your work and technology setup at home
Annual professional development stipend

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Hard Skills & Tools

distributed systemsplatform engineeringinfrastructure rolescloud-native stacksKubernetescontainersservice meshserverlessPythonGo

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationoperational excellencecommunicationleadership

Certifications

advanced degree in Computer Scienceadvanced degree in Engineering