Staff Software Engineer

Victory Live

full-time

Posted on: 9/11/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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AWSCloudDockerGrafanaKafkaKubernetesPostgresRedisRubyRuby on RailsTerraform

About the role

Collaborate across teams to influence engineering work and align with divisional strategic plans
Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals
Drive large-scale technical initiatives and solve highly complex technical challenges
Provide guidance and support to engineers, helping them grow professionally
Work closely with Architects to design and implement robust system level solutions
Define and promote engineering best practices across teams to ensure consistency and quality
Help shape the organization’s technology strategy for long-term scalability
Identify and address technical debt to enhance long-term maintainability
Ensure code quality through rigorous code reviews adhering to the quality program
Execute on projects by authoring high-quality code while handling complex and critical tasks

BA, BS, MS, or PHD in Computer Science
10+ years of professional software development experience
Strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails
7+ years experience with Ruby on Rails (application question)
Strong experience building and maintaining high-throughput backend services and APIs, at scale
Deep understanding of software engineering best practices
Familiarity with Redis, Kafka, Postgres, DataDog, Grafana, Kubernetes, Helm, Kong, Terraform, Docker, Github
Familiarity with AWS services such as RDS, Elasticache, Cloudsearch, EKS, MKS
Mentorship and leadership experience to guide onshore and offshore teams
Experience with cloud-based, low-downtime applications and micro-service architectures
Experience with Agile methodology and continuous integration environments
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Ability to switch between Individual Contributor and Contributing Manager roles