Position Details

Salary $108K – $192K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 8+ years of experience OR 6+ years with a Master's Degree

Education Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or related field OR Master's Degree

Category System Administration

About this role

This Staff Software Engineer role focuses on technical leadership, architectural decisions, and mentoring while delivering product enhancements and bug fixes. The team supports cloud-native applications with GenAI integration using Tanzu and related platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Partner on design and implementation of product enhancements and bug fixes
Drive architectural decisions and best practices across multiple teams
Conduct complex code reviews and provide constructive feedback
Identify and address technical debt and performance bottlenecks
Mentor and coach engineers and serve as technical point of contact for cross-functional stakeholders

Technical Overview

You will build as a full-stack engineer (front-end and back-end) with strong software architecture practices and production engineering discipline. The role emphasizes unit, functional, and integration testing, performance engineering, debugging, and expertise in scalability, security, and high-availability systems, potentially involving Tanzu Platform 10, Tanzu Data Intelligence, Bitnami, and Spring AI.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years of production software development experience (or 6+ years with a Master’s degree). They have deep knowledge of software architecture, scalable and secure systems, and strong engineering execution across unit/functional/integration testing, performance engineering, and debugging, with experience across full-stack development.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or related field and a minimum of 8+ years of experience OR Master's Degree with 6+ years of relevant experienceExpert proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g.PythonJavaJavaScriptGoC++)Experience with scalabilitysecurityhigh-availabilitysoftware maintenanceand patchingDemonstrated experience in the production software development lifecyclerigorous testing methodologies (unitfunctionalintegration)performance engineeringdebuggingStrong verbal and written communication skills

Nice-to-Have Skills

full-stack (front-end and back-end engineers)deep understanding of complex software systems

Tools & Platforms

Tanzu Platform 10Tanzu Data IntelligenceBitnamiSpring AIGenAI integration tools

Required Skills

software engineeringtechnical leadershiparchitectural decisionscode reviewstechnical debtperformance bottlenecksproduction software development lifecycleunit testingfunctional testingintegration testingperformance engineeringdebuggingscalabilitysecurityhigh-availabilitysoftware maintenancepatchingdata structuresalgoPythonJavaJavaScriptGoC++Tanzu Platform 10Tanzu Data IntelligenceBitnamiSpring AIGenAI integration

Hard Skills

software engineeringtechnical leadershiparchitectural decisionsmentoring senior engineersfront-end and back-end engineeringfull-stack developmentproduct enhancementsbug fixesdesign and implementationbest practicescomplex code reviewstechnical debtperformance bottleneckscross-functional collaborationproduction software development lifecyclerigorous testing methodologiesunit testingfunctional testingintegration testingperformance engineeringdebuggingsoftware maintenancepatchingscalabilitysecurityhigh-availabilitydata structuresalgorithmscomputer science

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoring and coaching junior engineersexcellent communication skillscollaboration with product managers and engineersconstructive feedback during code reviewsanalytical and problem-solving skillskeen eye for detailmethodical approach to solving complex challengesserving as technical point of contactworking as part of a globally distributed engineering team

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Provide staff-level engineering leadership for scalable, secure, production cloud-native software with GenAI integration.

Role Subtype Platform Engineer

Tech Domains Python, Java, JavaScript, Linux, Azure

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or related field and a minimum of 8+ years of experience OR Master's Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, Expert proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, C++), Experience with scalability, security, high-availability, software maintenance, and patching, Demonstrated experience in the production software development lifecycle including unit, functional, and integration testing

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