Staff Software Engineer

OpenMined

Senior / Staff Software Engineer leading technical architecture at OpenMined, a nonprofit focused on public data access. Drive innovation in AI and data systems with a mission-driven team.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsDockerPythonRustTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the NSAI squad technical architecture end to end — align design, engineering, and deployment across stack to deliver reliable technical capabilities and user experience from current implementation through product roadmap evolution.
Drive production readiness through deployment monitoring, error handling, graceful degradation, and operational runbooks.
Be a force multiplier by establishing, demonstrating, and mentoring the team to establish norms around engineering best practices (including system design for modularity, security, reliability, & scalability), code quality, and delivery to production.
Collaborate on core technology stack strategy through architectural review and identification of NSAI components that should become shared organizational primitives and defining standard interfaces that prevent tight coupling.
Partner with product lead to develop and execute on realistic roadmaps that balance what is desired with what is feasible, scalable, and architecturally sounds.
Own the delivery of engineering’s quarterly goals, ensuring consistent, high-impact delivery while effectively managing resources.
Own team output, delivery, and success (productivity, timeliness, morale) through appropriately matching team members and work to properly balance interest, learning opportunities, capacity, and capability.
Champion high-quality software delivery through the establishment of robust tools, processes, & methodologies, and by providing hands-on technical leadership via individual development contributions and code reviews.
Create technical documentation and processes that support high velocity and knowledge transfer.
Manage a team of 2-4 engineers as a people leader, performing 1:1s, providing technical and professional feedback, creating professional development plans, and performing performance reviews.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of personally building, shipping, and operating production systems at meaningful scale
Strong Python proficiency — FastAPI, async patterns, Docker orchestration
Vue 3 / TypeScript, Rust / Tauri, or cross-platform desktop app experience extremely beneficial
Networking/P2P application experience beneficial
Distributed systems and API design experience including design & evolution of interfaces consumed by multiple independent teams
Practical RAG and information retrieval experience with vector databases, retrieval pipelines, embedding strategies, and aggregation
Demonstration of technical leadership through the introduction of engineering quality practices to one or more teams
Comfort with ambiguity and resource constraints
Async-fluent with strong written communication and capacity to build high-trust working relationships across 6hr+ time zone spread
Cross-functional collaboration & communication to facilitate and improve understanding/context sharing between engineers and non-engineering/non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

US Healthcare Benefits: We offer healthcare benefits for employees located in the United States
Mission-Driven Work: Be part of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, focused on social impact rather than profit, offering the chance to make a meaningful difference in the world.
Open Source Contribution: Make a real impact by contributing to an Open Source project that benefits a broad community.
Collaborative Global Team: Join a dynamic, international team that values collaboration and diversity.
Flexible Work Hours: Enjoy the autonomy to structure your work hours around what best fits your life and productivity.
Fully Remote Work: Work from anywhere in the world—no office or commute required.
Results-Driven Culture: Thrive in an environment that values efficiency and results over bureaucracy.
Flexible Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with flexible vacation days, alongside recognition of local national holidays.
Competitive Compensation: Receive competitive pay, with equity in salary across different regions.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonFastAPIDockerVue 3TypeScriptRustTauridistributed systemsAPI designvector databases

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunicationcollaborationmentoringproblem-solvingresource managementteam managementfeedbackdocumentationadaptability