Staff Software Engineer: Growth Engineering in New York at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer: Growth Engineering based in United States.

This is a high-impact engineering opportunity focused on building the foundational systems that enable product teams to scale quickly and independently. You will work across the full stack, with a strong backend focus, developing reliable APIs, shared services, and scalable infrastructure. The role combines hands-on software development with technical leadership across complex, cross-functional initiatives. You will translate ambiguous business and product challenges into clear technical strategies and drive them through execution. Working closely with product, design, and engineering teams, you will shape technical direction while improving developer velocity and system reliability. This is an ideal opportunity for a senior technical leader who enjoys ownership, mentorship, and solving challenging problems in a fast-moving environment.

• Build and maintain scalable full-stack applications, with a particular focus on backend services, GraphQL APIs, and Python-based systems.
• Develop reusable platform capabilities that support authentication, authorization, integrations, deployments, jobs, queues, and other shared engineering needs.
• Design and operate reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure while contributing across both application and infrastructure layers.
• Lead large and ambiguous technical initiatives by creating technical specifications, RFCs, implementation plans, timelines, and cross-team dependencies.
• Partner closely with product, design, engineering, and other stakeholders to establish technical direction and deliver complex initiatives successfully.
• Improve engineering velocity by identifying bottlenecks, automating manual processes, and establishing scalable patterns, conventions, and abstractions.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, technical documentation, unit testing, and integration testing.
• Contribute to architectural and strategic engineering discussions, technical forums, and cross-team initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback on technical designs, code, and implementation approaches.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities, troubleshoot production issues, lead remediation efforts, and identify opportunities to improve system reliability.
• Help ensure systems meet applicable security, privacy, and regulatory requirements, including HIPAA and GDPR standards.

• 8+ years of professional software development experience using one or more general-purpose programming languages.
• At least 2 years of production experience in full-stack web development, including Python, JavaScript or TypeScript, React, and React Native.
• Strong experience with backend development using technologies such as Django, Flask, FastAPI, GraphQL, and REST APIs.
• Proven experience designing and scaling relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Demonstrated ability to independently break down highly ambiguous problems, develop technically sound solutions, and drive initiatives through delivery.
• Experience writing technical specifications or RFCs and leading projects that span multiple technical domains or engineering teams.
• Strong systems thinking, technical judgment, and architectural skills, with an ability to create reusable solutions that simplify complex systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence product, design, engineering, and other stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating effectively within distributed development teams.
• Strong ownership mindset, practical problem-solving skills, and a bias toward action and continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis, React, React Native, TypeScript, and modern cloud-based development environments.
• Experience with authorization technologies such as SSO, SAML, OIDC, or JWT is a plus.
• Experience applying AI or LLM-powered capabilities to products or development workflows is advantageous.
• Experience working in high-growth startups, health technology, or HR technology environments is a plus.
• Passion for using technology to create products and services that positively impact people's lives.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

• Competitive base salary ranging from $137,000 to $203,000 USD, depending on location and relevant qualifications.
• Eligibility for an equity compensation program.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account option.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Access to coaches and therapists through the organization's mental health platform.
• Flexible Time Off and company-wide Collective Pause Days.
• Parental leave and family-forming benefits.
• Family assistance and backup childcare support.
• Professional development stipend.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Financial planning resources.
• Annual wellness stipend.
• New-hire stipend to support a work-from-home setup.
• Monthly cell phone reimbursement.
• Virtual community events, employee resource groups, team-building activities, and other engagement opportunities.
• Fully remote work environment with required overlapping working hours to support collaboration across distributed teams.