Senior Staff Software Engineer
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About the Role
Flatgigs is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to shape and scale their backend platform. This hands-on role involves defining architecture, mentoring engineers, and delivering cloud-native systems.
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Responsibilities
- Define and implement backend architecture and technical strategy
- Own feature delivery end to end, ensuring performance and scalability
- Champion engineering best practices (TDD, CI/CD, clean architecture)
- Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers to raise technical standards
- Improve workflows, monitoring, and incident management
- Partner with Product and stakeholders to align technical and business goals
Requirements
- 7+ years backend engineering, 5+ with Node.js & TypeScript in production
- Deep expertise in AWS services (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS)
- Proven track record with serverless, microservices, event driven systems
- Strong background in API design, distributed systems, debugging
- Leadership experience in architecture decisions and team mentorship
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Overview
- As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will shape and scale our backend platform, driving technical excellence while remaining hands on. You'll lead architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver cloud native systems that are secure, scalable, and reliable.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement backend architecture and technical strategy.
- Own feature delivery end to end, ensuring performance and scalability.
- Champion engineering best practices (TDD, CI/CD, clean architecture).
- Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers to raise technical standards.
- Improve workflows, monitoring, and incident management.
- Partner with Product and stakeholders to align technical and business goals.
Requirements
- 7+ years backend engineering, 5+ with Node.js & TypeScript in production.
- Deep expertise in AWS services (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS).
- Proven track record with serverless, microservices, event driven systems.
- Strong background in API design, distributed systems, debugging.
- Leadership experience in architecture decisions and team mentorship.
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