Senior Staff Software Engineer

Why This Role Matters
Senior Staff Software Engineers are the connective tissue across engineering atBluestaq. Youdontjust own a systemyou influence how multiple teams build their systems. The platform improvements you drive the standards youestablish and the coaching you provide to Staff and Senior engineers produce compounding effects on delivery speed and quality across the organization. Your decisions directly affect the reliability security and scalability of the softwareBluestaqscustomers and mission partners depend on.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering efforts that span multiple teams or product areas including major re-architectures new platform capabilities and cross-cutting reliability or security programs
• Serve as a key technical partner for program leadership product management and cross-functional leads
• Design and drive implementation of large-scale architectures: platform components shared libraries major system migrations and cross-product integrations
• Apply deepexpertiseacross the full stackbackend frontend data and infrastructureto navigate complex performance scalability reliability and security tradeoffs
• Drive improvements in core engineering practices across multiple teams: testing strategy observability CI/CD pipelines coding standards and security posture
• Identifyand reduce unnecessary technical fragmentation by harmonizing patterns tooling and shared standards across engineering groups
• Own cross-team technical outcomes with minimal directionanticipatinglong-term risk and downstream impact before they become urgent
• Coach Staff and Senior engineers to run their own domains effectively and grow into broader technical leaders
• Represent engineering in high-level technical discussions about roadmap priorities architectural tradeoffs and organizational investment decisions
• Lead multi-team initiatives from concept to rollout aligning multiple engineering groups around shared goals and compatible designs
• Recognize systemicweaknessestestfragility performance gaps security posture developer experienceand design programs to address them at scale

Required Qualifications

• Exceptionalproficiencyacross multiple software engineering domains: distributed systems API design data architecture frontend or backend development and platform engineering
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-team technical initiatives from concept through production at organizational scale with measurable impact on reliability performance or engineering velocity
• Deepexpertisein large-scale system design platform architecture and cross-cutting technical strategy spanning multiple stacks and deployment environments
• Strongtrack recordof driving cross-team engineering improvements in testing observability CI/CD security or shared infrastructure
• Proven ability toidentifyand resolve systemic technical risks and fragmentation across multiple codebases and teams
• Demonstrated success coaching and developing Staff-level engineers into broader technical leaders
• Excellent technical communication skills: ability to influence and align multiple engineering teams behind shared architectural decisions patterns and standards
• Experience navigating cross-team organizational dynamics and delivering technical outcomes across reporting boundaries without formal authority

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing or owning shared platforms internal developer tooling or cross-cutting infrastructure components used across multiple product teams
• Background in large-scale system migrations performance engineering programs or multi-year reliability initiatives
• Deep familiarity with DoD intelligence community or federal software delivery and security standards including RMF NIST 800-53 or STIG compliance
• Experience managing architectural technical debt at scale and driving simplification programs across large complex codebases
• History of developing Staff-level technical talent through direct coaching structured mentorship or technical leadership programs
• Contributions to engineering strategy hiring or technical community beyond immediate team scope
• External recognition as a technical leader: publications conference presentations open-source project ownership or standards contributions

Required Experience and Education:

• PhD in Computer Science Engineering or a related field and 6 years of software engineering or related experience OR
• Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field and 8 years of software engineering or related experience OR
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field and 10 years of software engineering or related experience OR
• Associate degree in a related field and 12 years of software engineering or related experience OR
• High School Diploma/GED and 14 years of software engineering or related experience.

You use modern AI tools with judgment: integrating them into workflows wheretheyreimpactful reviewing their outputs and handling proprietary or sensitive data responsibly.

Clearance Requirement: This position may require an active TS/SCI Clearance. Current clearance holders are strongly encouraged to apply. If you dont currently hold one Bluestaq will sponsor eligible candidates through the clearance process based on program needs.

About Bluestaq
At Bluestaq we build secure data platforms that matter for space missions national defense healthcare systems and commercial innovation. Founded in 2018 weve become a leader in enterprise software and secure data management by staying focused on what counts: modern architecture operational excellence and mission impact.

Were engineers problem-solvers and builders who take the mission seriously but not ourselves. We automate the repeatable question the status quo and design systems that are as reliable as they are scalable. Whether were supporting space defense systems or healthcare advancements we build with the same principles: cloud-native solutions security by design and relentless simplicity.

Relocation:Relocation assistance may be available for this role and is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Date the Position Closes: Applications will be accepted for 60 days beyond the posting date or until the position is filled whichever comes first.

Bluestaq is an Equal Opportunity prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis age 40 and over color disability gender identity genetic information military or veteran status national origin race religion sex sexual orientation or any other status protected by state or local law.

Bluestaq will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities and employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to Bluestaq or a direct threat. Employees needing such accommodation are instructed to contact Human Resources immediately at .