Staff Software Engineer

### Who you are
- We look for technical leaders who are passionate about mentoring engineers, leading complex feature development, and delivering impactful, production-ready solutions in a collaborative, remote-first environment
- BS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field
- 7+ years of full-stack web development experience
- At least 4 years of experience working with relational databases
- Experience leading larger projects and being the POC (Primary Point of Contact)
- Experience planning, scoping and creating architecture documentation
- Experience mentoring junior developers
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Strong technical communication skills; able to articulate complex ideas clearly
- Demonstrated experience solving scalability challenges and discussing them in depth
- Curious and proactive in understanding the systems and tools beyond surface-level frameworks
- Willingness to dive deep and gain expertise in at least one technical area
- Clear understanding of the product and business context behind their work
- If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways

### What the job involves
- As a Staff Software Engineer, you will drive the technical vision and architectural strategy for our core systems and platform. Because we are a growing organization with multiple high-impact teams, your specific placement will be determined by your technical expertise and our strategic initiatives
- In this role, you will work with senior-level stakeholders to drive critical decisions on vendor-related features and the future of our platform's functionality
- Our tech stack:
- Frameworks: Ruby on Rails and React
- Methodology: Agile
- Infrastructure: MySQL, S3, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Lambda, Docker, CloudFront

### Benefits
- Work from Anywhere - We give you the tools you need to work from wherever you work best
- Make an Impact - We set strong goals and we reach them. We are highly productive, efficient and always focus on how we can make an impact - big or small
- Own Your Career - We give you the tools to continue learning through masterclass, internal courses and external workshops. We practice intentional career pathing and goal setting every quarter
- Accessible Leadership - Open door policy and the programing to ensure you have access to leaders to stay in the know, give feedback, and make real change
- Purposeful Connection - From virtual wine-tastings to our annual in-person get togethers, we build ways for Snapster’s to connect, on purpose
- Intentional Recognition - Peers can recognize each other through our platform, high-five, and quarterly all-company awards. We continue to be a “promote-when-ready” culture focused on the outcomes not tenures and we schedule annual merit conversations to ensure everyone is compensated for great work