Staff Software Engineer (PHX)

The Staff Software Engineer is a technical leader who drives reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability across our systems. This role goes beyond feature delivery: you will shape architecture, mentor engineers, reduce operational toil, and help the organization see problems in metrics before customers experience them.You are expected to operate with high autonomy, strong judgment, and a bias toward durable solutions over quick fixes.This role is based on-site at our Scottsdale, AZ office. Please note that we do not currently have the capability to provide visa sponsorships of any kind.Key Responsibilities Technical LeadershipLead design and implementation of complex systems across frontend, backend, and infrastructure boundaries.Make architectural decisions that balance scalability, reliability, and developer velocity.Set standards for code quality, testing, observability, and operational readiness.Engineering ExecutionBuild and maintain web applications using React and TypeScript.Design and implement APIs and data models using Golang, Python, GraphQL, and Postgres.Drive CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code practices.Identify and eliminate sources of toil through automation and system improvements.Operational ExcellenceProactively identify reliability risks using metrics, logs, and traces.Lead incident response and postmortems with a focus on systemic improvement.Champion observability using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.Mentorship & CollaborationMentor mid-level and junior engineers in technical skills and engineering judgment.Provide thoughtful, constructive code reviews.Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and long-term needs clearly to leadership.Requirements12+ years of professional software engineering experienceDeep experience with modern web applications (React strongly preferred)Strong background in at least one typed language beyond TypeScriptSolid understanding of distributed systems, networking, security, and DNSStrong SQL skills (schema design, performance, complex queries)Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives end-to-endA strong aversion to manual, repetitive toil (per Google SRE principles)Preferred ExtrasGolang in production systemsKubernetes and container orchestrationTerraform and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)Experience as a Site Reliability EngineerOpen-source contributionsCode generation frameworksGraphQL schema designLinux internals and CLI toolingExperience with LLMs, LangChain/LangGraph, and vector databasesSalary Range – $170k-220k depending on capability level and industry experience