Full-Time Staff Software Engineer - Emerging Tech
A Place For Mom is hiring a remote Full-Time Staff Software Engineer - Emerging Tech. The career level for this job opening is Expert and is accepting New York, NY based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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ResponsibilitiesWe are looking for a talented Staff Software Engineer to update and maintain internal core services using a modern technology stack. This role leads an engineering team including full stack developers and QA engineers.
Reports to the Director of Engineering - Emerging Technologies.
ExpertiseLeverage technology expertise to select modern technologies, architectural frameworks, and design patterns for implementation.
Provide visionary leadership and architectural direction to a dedicated engineering team developing core service technologies supporting the business.
Who you are
Hands-on, outcome-oriented, technology-focused engineer with extensive experience leading engineering teams.
Strong partnership with product teams to ensure alignment between technological innovation and product development goals.
What you will do
- Lead mission-critical projects, delivering platform capabilities end-to-end with high quality.
- Own one or more products or platform spaces.
- Gain exposure to partners and customers in diverse business domains to provide feedback.
- Develop and grow engineering skills in challenging areas and solve complex technical problems.
- Influence architecture, technology selections, and company trends.
- Collaborate with team and peers to design applications, review code, and suggest optimization.
- Enable continuous deployment by championing quality engineering practices (linting, unit testing, e2e testing, pipeline automation).
- Collaborate with product teams to maintain design system standards, processes, and adoption.
- Create reference implementations for mentoring junior staff.
- Define engineering best practices and provide technical mentorship.
- Investigate and resolve production issues, working to prevent future occurrences.
- Ensure project deliverables are on time and high quality.
Required Skills and Competencies
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- Strong communication and "storytelling" skills
- Role model modern ways of working (Agile, DevOps)
- Active participation in an engineering community
- Thrive in fast-paced environments
- Architect dependable, scalable solutions
- Expert with .NET (from legacy Framework to Core)
- Passion for new technologies and driving innovation
- Prioritize high-quality, production-ready code
- Continuous learning and skill expansion
- Strong problem-solving skills (debugging, analysis, instrumentation)
- Take ownership of large initiatives
- Ability to reassess task size and complexity