Staff Software Engineer

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At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

GoDaddy is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to help define and scale our Internal Developer Platform —a centralized system that powers how engineers across the company build, deploy, and operate software. This platform is used by 1,000 engineers to manage everything from cloud infrastructure and application lifecycle to security, compliance, and cost transparency.

In this role, you’ll operate as a technical leader at platform scale, shaping the architecture and direction of systems that directly impact engineering velocity across the company. You’ll work on high-impact initiatives such as AI-powered developer tooling, next-generation API platforms, and the evolution of a unified developer experience spanning APIs, CLI, and UI.

This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role where Staff Engineers drive decisions, influence product direction, and partner across infrastructure, security, and platform teams. If you’re motivated by building systems that improve how other engineers work—and want to have a measurable impact on developer productivity at scale—this team sits at the center of GoDaddy’s engineering ecosystem.

• Design and build platform services that power GoDaddy’s internal developer ecosystem, used by 1,000 engineers.
• Lead architecture and technical direction for high-scale APIs, infrastructure orchestration, and metadata systems.
• Develop AI-powered developer tooling, including chat-based and agentic workflows.
• Partner cross-functionally with infrastructure, security, and platform teams to integrate core capabilities.
• Own production systems end-to-end, including performance, reliability, and on-call responsibilities.

• Strong backend engineering with Node.js / Type Script and scalable API design (REST, versioning, contracts).
• Experience building systems on AWS (ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, IAM).
• Full-stack development using React / Next.js.
• Distributed systems fundamentals (data modeling, caching, consistency, system design).
• CI/CD and testing best practices (Git Hub Actions, unit/integration testing).

• Experience building or contributing to an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) or developer tooling ecosystem.
• Familiarity with LLM/AI integrations, agentic workflows, or prompt engineering.
• Exposure to Service Now / CMDB or enterprise metadata systems.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (CDK, Terraform, or Cloud Formation).
• Knowledge of security and secrets management (Vault, IAM, compliance practices).

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success.

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