Staff Engineer, Incentives (Full stack)

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Requirements:

• 12+ years as a software engineer, shipping production code.
• Proven experience in building scalable web applications and services, preferably in a cloud environment.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, React Native, NextJS, GraphQL) and back-end technologies (Node.js, Redis, Kotlin).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Capable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and architecture of scalable and performant full-stack solutions that meet product requirements and enhance user experience.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on best practices, design patterns, and coding standards.
• Advocate your team’s technical needs and priorities within the broader engineering organization.
• Participate in product discovery sessions to assess feasibility, explore user needs, define product features, and validate ideas with prototypes and experiments.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create intuitive and engaging user interfaces that address user pain points and enhance the overall experience.
• Work closely with other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and communication across systems and services.
• Contribute to the vision for the team and the platform as technical leader, identifying new and strategic technologies and technical investments that improve security, scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Break down complex projects into clear, actionable tasks to drive successful outcomes.
• Implement observability practices across the platform, including logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Analyze performance metrics and user feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and drive optimization efforts.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for architecture and development processes.
• Serve on our technical advisory group to help guide and provide feedback on critical technical decisions.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives within the team.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and propose enhancements to optimize system performance and reliability.
• Stay updated with industry trends, technologies, and best practices, and propose innovative solutions to improve the platform.