Staff Software Engineer
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
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Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction solve complex engineering challenges and build scalable platform services that power mission-critical applications used by enterprise customers at scale.
This is a highly impactful individual contributor role focused on architecture platform engineering and solving complex technical challenges across multiple product and engineering teams.
Tasks
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of foundational technology capabilities that support multiple products and teams.
- Design and build scalable backend systems and distributed applications
- Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering best practices
- Lead technical design reviews and contribute to long-term platform strategy
- Build highly reliable scalable and maintainable systems
- Develop integration frameworks and services connecting multiple systems and data sources
- Partner with engineers across teams to improve platform performance reliability and developer productivity
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar through code reviews and technical guidance
- Troubleshoot and solve complex scalability performance and correctness challenges
- Work closely with product and engineering leadership on high-impact initiatives
- Remain hands-on and contribute to the most challenging technical projects
Requirements
Requirements
- 8 years of software engineering experience
- Strong expertise in Python and backend development
- Deep experience with distributed systems and scalable platform architecture
- Proven track record designing systems used by multiple teams or products
- Strong system design data modeling and software architecture skills
- Experience operating production systems at scale
- Ability to influence technical direction across teams
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building AI-powered applications or platforms
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and modern infrastructure
- Experience with large-scale data platforms and integrations
- Prior Staff or Principal Engineer experience
- Experience at high-growth startups or top-tier engineering organizations is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated track record of delivering large-scale business-critical systems
About Company
RekNomics is a data-driven sourcing-first recruitment firm specializing in permanent hires for scaling companies. We blend market intelligence with precision hiring to deliver elite talent that drives business outcomes - not just fill seats. Our approach is built for hiring teams who ... View more
