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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC - **Location:** United States - **Salary:** $176,250.0 - $235,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Spreadsheets, Cloud Computing, Databases, Relational Databases, Programming Tools, Github, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Operational Data Store, Next.js, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, Web Applications, Web Services, Workflow Management Systems, ReactJS, Backend, Containerization, Terraform, Grpc, Serverless Computing, Docker - **Published:** September 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/staff-software-engineer-509977707 ## About the Role * Experience owning outcomes across multiple teams or workstreams at once, through leads rather than direct execution * A track record of surfacing risk early and pushing back constructively on unrealistic scope or timelines * Experience growing engineers into technical leadership * Comfort owning a roadmap and defending its prioritization * Hiring and interviewing experience * Comfort working where systems, processes, and org structure are still forming Technical depth * Extensive software engineering experience, typically 15+ years * Strong full-stack background building modern web applications, with deep proficiency in React, TypeScript, and Next.js * Solid backend experience with Node.js, building scalable services and APIs (REST and gRPC) * Experience designing and managing relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL * Experience with cloud infrastructure; Azure preferred, including cloud-native services such as serverless functions, managed databases, queues, and blob storage * Containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code with Terraform * Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar) * Strong product instincts and a collaborative mindset ## Description * Own an area of the platform. You'll be responsible for the outcomes of one or more teams working across a connected set of product surfaces. Scope is assigned based on business need and shifts as the org grows. * Keep leadership ahead of risk. Your manager should hear about slippage, resourcing gaps, or a bad bet before they have to ask. That includes pushing back if a timeline isn't realistic, or a product ask will create debt worth knowing about. Raising risk early is never treated as a failure here. * Give your teams context. Engineers in your area should understand why a priority exists, why a tradeoff was made, and why something changed. You're the connection between company direction and day-to-day execution. * Own technical health. Staffing mix, delivery pace, product alignment, and architectural direction all sit with you. A team can be fully staffed and shipping quickly while quietly accumulating problems, so tracking velocity isn't the same as setting the technical bar - you're responsible for both. * Own the roadmap. You should be able to articulate what your area is building over the next quarter and defend the sequencing on your own. * Grow leads. Identifying and developing engineers who can own execution is a core part of the job, not a side effect of it. * Hire. You'll source and interview for your own teams and weigh in on candidates joining them. * Partner with a technical program manager. You'll work alongside a TPM who runs planning cadence, cross-team dependencies, and operational execution. You set the direction and make the calls; they keep the machinery of delivery running, so you're not absorbed into it. * Make architectural calls. Including the uncomfortable ones. You decide where to take on debt and where to pay it down, rather than letting either drift by default. * Shape architecture beyond your own area. You'll work with engineering leadership and peer Staff Engineers on overall system architecture and the shared components that cut across products. Example Problems You Might Own * Designing systems that capture and connect relationships across the entertainment industry * Building modern CRM workflows that replace fragmented legacy tools and spreadsheets * Developing AI-powered features that surface insights from operational data * Creating APIs and services that support complex deal and workflow management * Migrating legacy applications into modern web-based systems, * Favor simple, maintainable architectures * Work closely across engineering, product, and design * Use modern cloud infrastructure (Azure), Terraform, and containerized deployments * Maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to keep shipping fast and safe * Leverage AI-assisted development across the engineering workflow ## Related Videos - [Exploring the Power of gRPC-Gateway for Writing RESTful Services](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2072-exploring-the-power-of-grpc-gateway-for-writing-restful-services) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [It's a Great Time to be a Builder: Leveraging AI for Good](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100042-it-s-a-great-time-to-be-a-builder-leveraging-ai-for-good) - [Boosting OpenSearch Performance: gRPC Search in Action](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1964-boosting-opensearch-performance-grpc-search-in-action) - [Coffee with Developers - Adam Wiggins](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/919-coffee-with-developers-adam-wiggins) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read)