Software Engineer; Hybrid

Role Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Platform Engineering team, you will hold organization‑level technical ownership for foundational platform services, including authentication/authorization, document management, and shared services that power our products. This role requires proven Staff- or Principal-level scope, deep hands‑on expertise, and end‑to‑end system thinking across frontend, backend, and security domains.

• Design and implement cross‑team platform architecture, collaborating with architects, staff, and principal engineers (35%).
• Influence technical direction for authentication/authorization, document management, and shared platform services.
• Build prototypes to validate architectural approaches and prove out complex technical patterns.
• Define service boundaries, integration patterns, and API contracts that scale across the organization.
• Make strategic technology decisions affecting multiple product teams (35%).
• Drive hands‑on implementation of complex, broad technical initiatives, leading development of cloud‑native microservices with high scalability, availability, and security requirements (30%).
• Work through complex technical code changes that span multiple services and teams.
• Influence engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, and operational readiness.
• Mentor and guide senior and lead engineers across platform teams, providing architectural guidance, code reviews, and technical direction (20%).
• Build alignment between teams on interconnected services and influence hiring standards and career sponsorship.
• Shape platform technical roadmaps and drive organizational improvements, collaborating with engineering leadership to align technical investments with business strategy (10%).
• Partner cross‑functionally with Product, Security, Infrastructure, and stakeholders, communicating technical strategy to diverse audiences (5%).

• 10+ years professional software development experience with a proven track record of architecting and delivering complex, scalable systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience operating at Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Technical Lead level with accountability for cross‑team architecture.
• Proven ability to architect cross‑team systems, define service boundaries, integration patterns, and API contracts that scale across organizations.
• Deep hands‑on experience with authentication/authorization frameworks: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, JWT tokens, Identity Server, Azure AD/Entra .
• Strong expertise in database design for microservices (SQL Server, Postgre
  
  SQL, Cosmos DB, Mongo
  
  DB, Redis).
• Expert‑level proficiency in RESTful APIs, event‑driven architectures, and asynchronous messaging patterns (message queues, event streaming, pub/sub).
• Expert‑level proficiency in C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, and the modern .NET ecosystem.
• Deep experience with cloud‑native microservices architectures on Azure (AKS, Service Bus, API Management, Azure Functions).
• Experience with distributed system patterns: service mesh, circuit breakers, retry policies, saga patterns, distributed tracing.
• Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue).
• Proficiency with containerization (Docker) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies (unit, integration, contract, E2E), and Dev Ops practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical strategy to diverse audiences, including executives, product managers, and engineers.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The job requires frequent sitting, talking, and hearing, occasional walking and standing, and occasional lifting or pushing of items up to 25 lbs. It operates in a professional office environment with standard office equipment. This position requires domestic and international travel up to 5% of the time.

• Competitive compensation, quarterly bonuses or commission, and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement contributions and employee stock purchase plans.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick days, and additional paid time for funerals and jury duty.
• Years of service awards and employee discounts.
• Employee referral bonuses, charitable contribution matching, and education reimbursement.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on qualifications and merit. All job offers are contingent upon a successful background investigation and drug test. View benefit plan details here.