Position Details

Salary $108K – $192K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience lead

Exp. Years 8+ years of experience (or 6+ years with Master's)

Education 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

Category System Administration

About this role

Staff Software Engineer role within the Tanzu Division focused on modern application development and GenAI integration. You will provide technical leadership, drive architecture, mentor engineers, and ensure high-quality production outcomes through rigorous testing and code reviews.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with product managers and engineers on enhancements and bug fixes
Drive architectural decisions and best practices across multiple teams
Mentor and coach junior engineers
Conduct complex code reviews and provide constructive feedback
Identify and address technical debt and performance bottlenecks

Technical Overview

Work on cloud-native software systems with emphasis on scalability, security, high availability, and maintainability. Perform complex code reviews, improve performance and debugging, and use unit/functional/integration testing practices while contributing to architectural decisions.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years of production software development experience, capable of driving architectural decisions across teams. They have strong hands-on expertise in scalability, security, high-availability, and performance engineering, along with a track record of mentoring engineers and performing rigorous code reviews.

Must-Have Skills

deep understanding of complex software systemstechnical leadershipdriving architectural decisionsconduct complex code reviewsidentifying and addressing technical debtexcellent analytical and problem-solving skillsstrong verbal and written communication skillsproduction software development lifecyclerigorous testing methodologies (unitfunctionalintegration)

Tools & Platforms

Tanzu Platform 10Tanzu Data IntelligenceBitnamiSpring AI

Required Skills

PythonJavaJavaScriptGoC++scalabilitysecurityhigh-availabilitysoftware maintenancepatchingunit testsfunctional testingintegration testingperformance engineeringdebuggingsoftware architecturedata structuresalgocode reviewstechnical debt

Hard Skills

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringcoaching junior engineersexcellent communication skillsstrong verbal communication skillsstrong written communication skillscollaborationcross-functional collaborationconstructive feedbackmethodical problem-solvinganalytical skills

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance while delivering scalable, secure, production software for cloud-native products

Role Subtype Software Architect

Tech Domains VMware

Keywords for Your Resume

Staff Software EngineerSoftware Engineertechnical leadershiparchitectural decisionsmentoringcode reviewstechnical debtperformance bottleneckssoftware architecturescalabilitysecurityhigh-availabilitysoftware maintenancepatchingunit testsfunctional testingintegration testingperformance engineeringdebuggingdata structuresalgoPythonJavaJavaScriptGoC++

Deal Breakers

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years experience OR Master's degree with 6+ years relevant experience, Expert proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, C++), Production software development lifecycle experience including unit, functional, and integration testing

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