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# Staff Software Engineer (TN)

- **Company:** Matthews Real Estate Investment Services
- **Location:** Nashville, TN, United States
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Code Generation, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Database Queries, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux Kernel, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Applications, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Grafana, Backend, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Free and Open-Source Software, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Golang
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0afe49480978f11a

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Web applications?, You are expected to operate with high autonomy, strong judgment, and a bias toward durable solutions over quick fixes., * 12+ years of professional software engineering experience

 * Deep experience with modern web applications (React strongly preferred)
 * Strong background in at least one typed language beyond TypeScript
 * Solid understanding of distributed systems, networking, security, and DNS
 * Strong SQL skills (schema design, performance, complex queries)
 * Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives end-to-end
 * A strong aversion to manual, repetitive toil (per Google SRE principles)

Preferred Extras

 * Golang in production systems
 * Kubernetes and container orchestration
 * Terraform and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
 * Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer
 * Open-source contributions
 * Code generation frameworks
 * GraphQL schema design
 * Linux internals and CLI tooling
 * Experience with LLMs, LangChain/LangGraph, and vector databases

## Description

* Lead design and implementation of complex systems across frontend, backend, and infrastructure boundaries.
 * Make architectural decisions that balance scalability, reliability, and developer velocity.
 * Set standards for code quality, testing, observability, and operational readiness.

Engineering Execution

 * Build and maintain web applications using React and TypeScript.
 * Design and implement APIs and data models using Golang, Python, GraphQL, and Postgres.
 * Drive CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
 * Identify and eliminate sources of toil through automation and system improvements.

Operational Excellence

 * Proactively identify reliability risks using metrics, logs, and traces.
 * Lead incident response and postmortems with a focus on systemic improvement.
 * Champion observability using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.


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