Senior Staff Software Engineer
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Stellar CyberCybersecurity
United StatesFull-TimeStaff
SalaryUSD 180,000-245,000 per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of backend software development experience, with 3+ years in a Staff-level or tech lead role
- Required Skills
- GraphQLPythonJavaKafkaRabbitmqGoRESTful APIsMicroservicesDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of backend software development experience.
- 3+ years in a Staff-level or tech lead role.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java.
- Strong foundation in building and operating microservices in production.
- Deep experience with API design and integration (REST, GraphQL, streaming).
- Experience with AI service integration (LLM APIs, embedding services).
- Knowledge of secure API patterns (OAuth, API keys, rate limiting).
- Strong background in distributed systems, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), or orchestration frameworks.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) in production work.
- Excellent system design, debugging, and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Own one or more integration domains end-to-end: roadmap, architecture decisions, trade-offs, and delivery.
- Make architectural calls regarding system boundaries, API contracts, reliability targets, and build-vs-buy trade-offs.
- Serve as a technical mentor through design reviews, pairing sessions, and code reviews.
- Set technical direction and champion engineering rigor, documentation, and best practices.
- Accelerate design and development workflows using LLM-based coding assistants.
- Automate repetitive engineering tasks like builds, deployments, and incident triage using AI.
- Champion AI adoption across the team and build internal tooling to increase leverage.
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