WorkWhile

Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack

WorkWhile

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Own and evolve complex, user-facing product areas end-to-end - from product definition and system design to implementation, launch, and iteration
  • Partner closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to shape roadmap decisions and translate ambiguous problems into durable solutions
  • Lead high-leverage initiatives that span frontend, backend, and data concerns, setting clear technical direction and guiding execution
  • Make thoughtful tradeoffs between user experience, system complexity, and delivery speed in a fast-moving product environment
  • Raise the bar on product quality, system correctness, and engineering craft across the stack
  • Act as a force multiplier for the team: reviewing designs, mentoring engineers, and unblocking others

Requirements

  • Significant experience building and owning product systems end-to-end, with depth in either frontend (JavaScript, React/React Native) or backend (Python)
  • Strong working fluency across the stack, with the ability to lead product work beyond your primary area of expertise
  • A product-minded approach to engineering — you care deeply about user outcomes, not just technical elegance
  • Proven ability to operate in ambiguity: framing problems, proposing options, and guiding teams toward pragmatic solutions
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical and product direction across disciplines
  • Experience mentoring engineers and raising team-wide technical quality (people management not required)
  • Nice to have: Experience working on marketplace, fintech, or data-sensitive products
  • Background in scaling early-stage products or evolving systems as usage grows
  • Interest in shaping engineering practices and standards as the team scales
Benefits
  • Hybrid work culture with office hubs in SF, NY, Seattle & Toronto
  • In-person company offsites
  • Medical, dental, & vision coverage
  • Flexible time off
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • WFH stipend to support your home office needs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaScriptReactReact NativePythonsystem designproduct definitionfrontend developmentbackend developmentdata concernsengineering craft
Soft Skills
communication skillsmentoringproblem framinginfluencinguser outcomes focusoperating in ambiguityguiding teamstradeoff analysiscollaborationleadership