Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Engine is an all-in-one travel and spend management platform for businesses and travelers. The Staff Software Engineer will drive system design and build scalable, secure, high-performing software systems and APIs, while collaborating cross-functionally, mentoring engineers, and leading key engineering initiatives. The role also emphasizes daily use and deep understanding of agentic coding tools and AI-first development practices.
Responsibilities
- **Design and Implement:** Drive System Design output across the team, craft innovative software systems and APIs that contribute to the success of Engine’s mission, focusing on scalability, security, and performance
- **AI First Mindset:** Deep agentic experience (Claude Code, Cursor, or comparable) tools; not just daily use, but in depth understanding of agentic workflows, how to build a harness, how to structure a codebase for agents, etc
- **Collaboration:** Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product and Data Science, to unlock new opportunities and deliver seamless experiences for our customers
- **Leadership:** Mentor mid-to-senior level engineers, and lead efforts to ensure the quality, scalability, and robustness of our software
- **Ownership:** Lead key initiatives that improve efficiency, enhance system performance, and drive customer satisfaction
Skills
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining highly available and high-performing distributed systems. You have a proven track record of building public-facing (consumer-grade) APIs and managing the complexities of versioning, deprecation, and consumption-based rate limiting
- Node.js, TypeScript, Kotlin (or similar modern backend languages), React, and AWS
- You're a problem-solver with a strong grasp of software design principles, scalability, and system architecture. You thrive in fast-paced, innovative environments and prioritize Domain-Driven Design
- AI-first as a daily practice, not a talking point. You are actively using agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or comparable) and you have a point of view on where they help, where they hurt, and how to set the team's defaults
Benefits
- Equity for all employees.
- Some roles are also eligible for bonuses or commissions.
- Hybrid-hub model: employees may work in one of the company's offices or fully remote, with the resources needed to succeed.
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