Staff Software Engineer

Opus 2

Staff Software Engineer at Opus 2 leading technical direction across teams and resolving systemic issues. Championing pragmatic engineering and coaching senior engineers in a hybrid environment.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeEdinburgh • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead initiatives that span teams or systems. Domain-level work that's large, ambiguous, and business-critical. You break it into actionable pieces and mobilise teams to deliver.
Set technical direction across teams. Architecture, technology choices, system shape. You make calls that hold up over years and explain them so others can carry them forward.
Resolve systemic issues. The recurring incidents, the duplication, the integration cracks. The things that affect multiple teams and that no single team owns alone.
Coach senior engineers into broader contributors. The next generation of staff engineers grows because you invest in them.
Champion pragmatic engineering across the organisation. Simple, testable, data informed. You set the standard for how decisions get made, not just what gets built.
Shape how we adopt AI. In product, in tooling, in how teams work. You make the calls that turn fast change into capability rather than chaos.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You've led work that spanned multiple teams or systems and resulted in a real business outcome you can describe.
You're comfortable in distributed, multi-tenant SaaS or similarly complex production systems.
You have a clear point of view on technical decision-making and can defend it without needing it to win.
You're already thinking about how AI changes the product and the work, and are comfortable shaping that change rather than reacting to it.
You've coached senior engineers and seen them grow into broader roles.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Staff engineering work at a company where the technical decisions you make matter across multiple teams, in production, and at the pace AI is forcing on the work.
A focused engineering organisation where your influence is real, your voice carries weight, and the path from idea to customer is short.
Investment in your growth: peer-level engineers and leadership to think with, exposure to organisational decisions, and a clear path toward Principal.
Contributory pension plan.
33 days annual holidays, flexible working, and length of service entitlement.
Health Insurance.
Loyalty Share Scheme.
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice.
Cycle to Work Scheme.
Calm and Mindfulness sessions.
A day of leave to volunteer for charity or dependent day.
Regular Company Social Events.
Yearly Development Retreat.

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Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingtechnical decision-makingproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationstrategic thinkingmentorshippragmatic engineeringchange management