Software Engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Austin, TX
$175,000 to $223,000 a year
The employer is a cloud software company helping mid-size businesses manage billing and payments.
Our Austin office is growing, and we need a Staff Software Engineer who can set technical direction from day one. You will work closely with a collaborative software engineering group and report to the software engineering manager. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our Austin office.
What you’ll do
- Write clean, well-tested code and review pull requests from teammates
- Contribute to technical design documents and architecture discussions
- Mentor teammates and help raise the bar for code quality on the team
- Diagnose and resolve production issues, and write the follow-up that keeps them from recurring
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work
- Set technical standards and guide decisions across multiple projects
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
- Experience with relational databases and writing efficient SQL
- Professional experience shipping production software in at least one modern language
- Comfort working with version control, code review and automated testing
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience building distributed systems or event-driven architectures
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Austin, TX is $175,000 – $223,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Wellness stipend
- Annual professional development and certification budget
- Paid parental leave
- Annual performance bonus
The employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
