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Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

CompanyGoFundMe
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$181000 – $271000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant experience across various technical domains such as scalable backend systems, complex infrastructure, APIs, or distributed systems
  • Ability to navigate through ambiguity and assist the product team with scoping and discovery
  • Experience architecting services and systems using well-accepted design patterns to enable future scaling
  • Skilled at leading projects from conception to completion, ensuring timely delivery by balancing technical trade-offs and business needs
  • Strong experience in analyzing, diagnosing, and preventing performance problems, with expertise in application performance monitoring and log analytics tools like New Relic and Sumo Logic

Responsibilities

  • Drive the strategy for new and innovative products within the Incubation team
  • Take ownership of the entire product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch and beyond
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to ensure solutions are built with precision, scale, and impact
  • Own the technical roadmap for new products, prioritizing features based on technology, user needs, and technical feasibility
  • Conduct deep technical exploration to stay ahead of industry trends and design systems that meet market demands
  • Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for products, using data-driven insights to iterate and enhance user experience
  • Lead the engineering efforts for product launches and own the post-launch technical strategy

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Spring Boot, Kotlin or Java, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes