Staff Software Engineer, UI
Lyric - Clarity in motion.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $146,910 - $220,366 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Architect and implement core services, systems, and APIs with a focus on scalability, security, and maintainability
- Serve as a technical leader across multiple projects, providing guidance on system design, coding best practices, and performance optimization
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions
- Lead design reviews, code reviews, and contribute to technical documentation and RFCs
- Investigate and resolve critical issues in production systems, ensuring reliability and uptime
- Drive adoption of engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks across teams
- Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow in their technical careers.
Requirements
- Minimum of eight (8) years of software engineering experience, including designing and shipping large-scale systems
- Deep proficiency in one or more backend or full stack languages (e.g. Java, Go, Python, TypeScript)
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, API designs, databases (SQL and NoSQL), as well as cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability practices
- Excellent problem solving skills and a collaborative mindset
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction and communicate effectively with stakeholders
- Experience in a high-growth tech company or fast-paced startup environment
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, streaming systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub), or microservice patterns
- Background in platform engineering, DevOps, or site reliability
- Contributions to open source projects or technical publications.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaGoPythonTypeScriptdistributed systemsAPI designSQLNoSQLAWSKubernetes
Soft Skills
problem solvingcollaborative mindsetcommunicationinfluence technical directionmentoringcoaching