Software Engineer, Software Architect, Backend Developer

This Staff Engineer position is part of a small, remote-first team building a distributed rendering platform that helps dynamic, JavaScript-heavy websites become crawlable and indexable by search engines  role combines hands-on contribution with architectural leadership and coaching, shaping technical direction across systems and squads.

• Contribute directly to core systems while modelling high standards in code quality, testing, and design.
• Drive cross-team architectural initiatives that move systems toward simplicity, scalability, and testability.
• Coach and mentor engineers at all levels through pairing, design reviews, and hands-on guidance in extreme programming practices.
• Design solutions to deep technical challenges in performance, reliability, and distributed rendering.
• Spot risks early, resolve systemic bottlenecks, and establish defaults that let teams move quickly and confidently.
• Champion sustainable practices such as TDD, pair programming, and continuous delivery to balance speed and stability.
• Partner with product and leadership to align short-term delivery with long-term technical health.

• Ten or more years designing and shipping complex, distributed systems.
• Track record leading large-scale technical initiatives that simplified and strengthened core systems.
• Deep expertise in modern backend development, ideally Type Script/Node.js or Golang, with familiarity in AWS and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Systems-thinking ability that connects product goals with technical architecture.
• Coaching mindset, strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences, and a bias for continuous improvement.

• Experience in SEO, web performance, or large-scale rendering infrastructure.

• Fully remote with flexible time off and autonomy in how problems are solved.
• High-trust, small, friendly team culture with global colleagues across many countries.
• Access to an internal network of SaaS professionals for knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Location-adjusted, transparent pay ranges shared in writing before the first interview.