Software Engineering
Staff Software Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
$210,000 to $268,000 a year
The employer is a data platform company that helps logistics firms track shipments in real time.
As a Staff Software Engineer with the employer, you will set technical direction and help shape how the software engineering team works. This position is based in Los Angeles, CA. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is on site at our Los Angeles location.
What you’ll do
- Partner with product managers and designers to scope and estimate new work
- Diagnose and resolve production issues, and write the follow-up that keeps them from recurring
- Contribute to technical design documents and architecture discussions
- Improve performance, reliability and observability across the services you own
- 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
- Experience building distributed systems or event-driven architectures
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $210,000 – $268,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Medical, dental and vision insurance starting on day one
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Health savings account with employer contribution
- Commuter benefits
- Annual professional development and certification budget
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.
