
Staff Software Engineer, Takeoff
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Completely RemoteFull TimeInformation Technology
Posted Yesterday
Job description
Responsibilities
- Lead projects with high levels of ambiguity from problem definition through delivery
- Set technical strategy and make architectural decisions for systems that span teams and surface areas
- Identify cross-team gaps and missed opportunities, and drive the strategy to address them
- Build, test, and deploy software in a continuous manner
- Create and review technical specs, and hold Engineering to high quality standards
- Work with PMs, Designers, internal customers, and stakeholders to ensure we're solving the right problems
- Mentor and sponsor engineers across the organization
- Investigate production issues, improve system reliability, and support services as needed
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Experience with Python in production
- A track record of leading complex, multi-team technical projects to successful outcomes
- The ability to set technical direction and get buy-in across teams and functions
- Strong coding fundamentals and the ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
- Good product and systems judgment, especially in ambiguous or evolving problem spaces
- Strong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally
- Experience working effectively on a remote team, including strong async and written communication habits
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, sponsor, and uplevel other engineers
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Vue in production
- Experience with accounting systems, double-entry bookkeeping, or revenue recognition
- Familiarity with agentic or AI-assisted systems in production environments
- Experience integrating with third-party APIs and external systems
Benefits
- Flexible vacation/time-off policy
- All federal holidays are observed
- Competitive benefits package including additional wellness benefits
- Parental leave for birthing or non-working parents
- 401(k) plan
- Equity eligibility
- Health benefits
Skills & tools
PythonTypeScriptvue.jsAWSTerraformPostgreSQL
What the team is looking for
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- 017+ years of software engineering experience
- 02Python in production
- 03Leading complex multi-team projects
- 04Strong coding fundamentals
- 05Remote work experience
- 06Strong communication skills
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Job details
- Work model
- Completely Remote
- Commitment
- Full Time
- Category
- Information Technology
- Posted
- Yesterday
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