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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - Platform - **Company:** FlowCode LLC - **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $280,000.0 - $310,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Adobe InDesign, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Design of User Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Software, Systems Development Life Cycle, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Scripting, Backend, Kubernetes, Api Design, Docker, Golang - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/staff-software-engineer-new-york-ny--5ddf6493-e1c3-43c3-b82e-b354af6764e4 ## About the Role * 8+ years of experience building and operating production-grade systems, with a strong backend focus. * Deep expertise in building high-performance, concurrent services. * Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems and service-oriented architectures. * Strong understanding of API design, data modeling, and consistency tradeoffs Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) and modern deployment patterns (Docker, Kubernetes). * Proficiency in several modern backend language (e.g., Go, Python, C#,, Java). * Commitment to code quality, with solid grounding in design patterns, testing, and CI/CD. * Strong grasp of scalability and performance, able to make informed tradeoffs between speed and correctness. * Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset. * A builder's mentality, comfortable taking initiative and owning outcomes from design through production. * A history of working with in 20+ person engineering organizations and collaborating with Product and Design to enable feature delivery at a reasonable velocity, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Modeling, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, Distributed Computing, Diversity, Docker, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Go Programming Language (Golang), Incident Response, Java, Leadership, Mentoring, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Product Design, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Scalable System Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (fka Distributed Object Architecture), Software Engineering, Startup, System Architecture, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Test Design, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX) ## Description We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help grow and build the core platform that powers our Flowcode 2 application at scale. This role sits at the intersection of architecture, leadership, and pragmatic execution with a focus on creating and augmenting reliable, scalable, and extensible services and applications. You'll operate as a technical leader with in our Platform pod, growing platform capabilities, building new features and problem solving in a dynamic and challenging technical environment.. While this is a hands-on role, it requires a strong bias toward backend systems, distributed architecture and deep technical leadership. We value the ability to guide teams toward pragmatic, high-impact solutions. This role is ideal for an engineer who values simplicity, correctness, and pragmatism, and who can balance long-term platform investments with immediate business needs. What You'll Do * Own critical systems end-to-end, including design, implementation and deployment, * Hands on designing, building, and maintaining scalable features across a modern front-end framework and backend services. * Architect for growth - help drive your pods's technical roadmap and shepherd established engineering best practices. * Collaborate across teams with product, design, and data to deliver measure, deliver and grows features quickly and iteratively. * Mentor and guide senior engineers, raising the bar for technical execution and system design across teams. * Balance ideal engineering with the realities of speed, customer needs, and startup resource constraints. * Drive improvements in observability, performance, and incident response * Advocate for pragmatic solutions, solving the right problems with the appropriate level of complexity. ## Related Videos - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Coffee with Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/354-coffee-with-developers) - [Scoring 2000 Products per Request: Performance Pitfalls in Golang](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2073-scoring-2000-products-per-request-performance-pitfalls-in-golang) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [7 Important Tips That Every Software Developer Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/101-7-important-tips-that-every-software-developer-should-know)