Staff Software Engineer

Role Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer you will be a senior technical leader responsible for designing building and scaling our core platform. You will work across the full stack from our PHP backend to our modern React frontends and help drive the evolution of our AWS-based cloud infrastructure.

This is a hands-on leadership role: youll be expected to deliver high-quality code mentor engineers lead technical initiatives and partner closely with product and design teams to deliver business impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design: Lead design and implementation of scalable secure and maintainable systems across PHP backend React frontend and AWS infrastructure.
• Technical Leadership: Own complex features end-to-end; influence technical direction; set best practices in code quality testing and CI/CD.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product design and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with product strategy.
• Mentorship & Growth: Coach engineers at multiple levels provide technical guidance and help shape the engineering culture.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Ensure our systems are performant and reliable on AWS leveraging services like RDS ECS/Lambda S3 CloudFront etc.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to improve performance security scalability and developer experience.

What Were Looking For

• Experience: 12 years in software engineering with at least 2 years in a senior or staff-level role.
• Backend Expertise: Deep knowledge of PHP (modern frameworks e.g. Laravel/Symfony or large-scale monoliths). Strong MySQL or relational database design skills.
• Frontend Expertise: Proficiency in React TypeScript modern frontend tooling. Experience building scalable maintainable UIs.
• Cloud & DevOps: Hands-on experience with AWS (RDS ECS/Lambda S3 CloudFront IAM networking). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker).
• System Design: Proven ability to design and scale SaaS multi-tenant or multi-db architectures.
• Leadership: Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers leading technical discussions and influencing product direction.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication ability to work cross-functionally customer-centric mindset. Nice to Have
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Knowledge of API design and integration patterns (REST/GraphQL).
• Exposure to microservices or modular monolith evolution.
• Background in hospitality travel or property management systems.