Senior Staff Software Engineer
Flatgigs
Posted: October 7, 2025
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Job Description
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will shape and scale our backend platform, driving technical excellence while remaining hands-on. You’ll lead architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver cloud-native systems that are secure, scalable, and reliable.
Key Responsibilities
• Define and implement backend architecture and technical strategy.
• Own feature delivery end-to-end, ensuring performance and scalability.
• Champion engineering best practices (TDD, CI/CD, clean architecture).
• Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers to raise technical standards.
• Improve workflows, monitoring, and incident management.
• Partner with Product and stakeholders to align technical and business goals.
Requirements:
Requirements
• 7+ years backend engineering, 5+ with Node.js & TypeScript in production.
• Deep expertise in AWS services (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS).
• Proven track record with serverless, microservices, event-driven systems.
• Strong background in API design, distributed systems, debugging.
• Leadership experience in architecture decisions and team mentorship.