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Owner.com

Staff Software Engineer – Core Architecture

Owner.com

. Design, implement, and maintain core backend systems that are foundational to the platform .

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $240,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Distributed SystemsMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, implement, and maintain core backend systems that are foundational to the platform
  • Write production code in high-impact areas, including services, shared libraries, infrastructure, and tooling
  • Define the security boundary for autonomous agents — user identity propagation, task-scoped tool access via a centralized Tool Shed, and sandboxing to limit blast radius
  • Lead the execution of technically complex projects end-to-end, from design through rollout and iteration
  • Debug and resolve hard production problems involving scale, data consistency, performance, and reliability
  • Drive architectural decisions through prototypes, code, and real implementations, not just diagrams
  • Establish patterns and best practices for service boundaries, APIs, data ownership, and distributed systems
  • Partner with engineering teams to guide major refactors and platform migrations
  • Make pragmatic technical trade-offs that balance velocity, quality, and long-term maintainability
  • Partner with product, engineering, and platform teams to execute technically complex projects
  • Make high-leverage architectural decisions under uncertainty, with clear trade-offs
  • Turn vague problems into clear technical strategies and execution plans
  • Raise the technical bar through deep code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on collaboration
  • Mentor senior engineers and help grow future technical leaders
  • Influence engineering direction by being a trusted technical partner who ships high-quality systems

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience at high-growth startups or large scale platforms
  • Demonstrated experience leading architectural design for large, distributed systems
  • Experience breaking down monoliths into service-oriented architectures or microservices
  • Deep expertise in scaling backend systems to handle high throughput and complex operational concerns
  • Strong understanding of auth systems, security boundary design, and distributed identity
  • Clear decision-making in ambiguous technical situations
  • Excellent communicator — able to articulate trade-offs to engineers and cross-functional partners.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • comprehensive health coverage
  • work from anywhere (remote-first workplace)
  • unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!

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Hard Skills & Tools
backend systemsproduction codeservicesshared librariesinfrastructuretoolingdistributed systemsservice-oriented architecturesmicroservicesscaling
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationdecision-makingmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvinginfluencetechnical strategytrade-off analysisproject execution