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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Analyst - **Company:** SYMETRA - **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $141,600.0 - $236,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Applications Architecture, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Design Documents, Distributed Systems, Software Architecture, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Cloud Platform System, Technical Debt, Deployment Automation - **Published:** September 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/21_01a0745a-4427-7afa-8296-1ee652e6d0b9 ## About the Role * A highly skilled software engineer with deep experience designing and building cloud-native platforms and distributed systems. * A hands-on technical leader who enjoys both architecture and implementation. * Experienced translating complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable software solutions. * Strong in application architecture, APIs, integrations, cloud technologies, security, reliability, scalability, and performance. * Comfortable making technical decisions and guiding teams through complex tradeoffs. * Skilled at influencing technical direction across teams and organizational boundaries. * Proactive in identifying risks, resolving challenges, and driving technical excellence. * Experienced working with distributed teams, including internal engineers, contractors, and vendor partners. * Passionate about mentoring engineers and helping others grow their technical capabilities. * Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Committed to building sustainable, high-quality systems that support long-term business goals. * Thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys turning ambiguity into clear technical direction. ## Description About the role As a Staff Software Engineer, you will serve as the technical lead for the Stop Loss platform, driving architecture, design, and delivery of scalable solutions while remaining hands-on with development. You will set technical direction, establish engineering standards, and lead critical practices across testing, CI/CD, and production reliability. This is a highly influential individual contributor role where you will mentor senior engineers and provide technical leadership across teams. What you will do * Provide hands-on technical leadership for the design, development, and delivery of a cloud-native Stop Loss platform. * Partner with Product, Engineering, and Architecture teams to translate business capabilities into scalable technical solutions. * Drive architecture and technical decisions across applications, APIs, integrations, data flows, security, reliability, and scalability. * Lead technical design discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, and guide teams toward practical, maintainable solutions. * Develop production-quality software while staying closely connected to implementation and engineering team challenges. * Establish and promote engineering best practices in: * Software architecture and design * Code quality and code reviews * Automated testing * CI/CD and deployment automation * Observability and monitoring * Reliability and operational excellence * Identify and mitigate architectural, technical, integration, and delivery risks before they impact outcomes. * Collaborate across multiple engineering teams to drive consistency while supporting team autonomy. * Create and maintain key technical documentation, including architecture decisions, design documents, and implementation plans. * Partner with engineering leadership to improve planning, dependency management, and delivery predictability. * Help teams deliver quickly while minimizing technical debt and maintaining long-term platform health. * Support production operations and continuously improve platform reliability, observability, and performance. * Mentor engineers and elevate technical capabilities across the broader organization. ## Related Videos - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? 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