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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** Sparks Advisors, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $195,000.0 - $225,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Programming Tools, Web Development, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), ReactJS, Technical Debt, Backend, Vue.js, Front End Software Development - **Published:** June 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=33a5698b1b0fda67 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Systems engineering?, * 8+ years of professional experience with either modern JS (Vue, React) or Python/backend web development, with meaningful hands-on experience in both * Comfort with ambiguity; ability to thrive in fast-paced environments * Product intuition and a track record of connecting technical investments to business outcomes and influencing roadmap decisions upstream of execution * Fluency with AI-powered development tools as part of your everyday workflow * Exceptional communication skills - able to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and vice versa * Demonstrated track record of leading architectural decisions at the domain level and shipping customer-facing products with technical excellence * Commitment to a growth-oriented team culture focused on learning, continuous improvement, and winning together Nice to haves * Experience working directly with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) * Expertise in Django or similar * Track record of defining technical strategy at the domain or team level * History of raising engineering standards through mentorship and code review culture ## Description Spark is looking to bring on a Staff Software Engineer that will drive progress in the Medicare industry's evolution. As a staff-level member of our engineering team, you'll own meaningful pieces of our technical roadmap and set a high bar for how we build. This will involve delivering impactful feature sets to our industry-leading web-based broker platform, making architectural decisions to support its long-term health and stability, and shaping the technical direction of your product domain. Your day-to-day responsibilities will be diverse: you'll engage in both frontend and backend development, partner with product and design leadership on scope and tradeoffs, mentor engineers around you, and own the long-term technical health of the systems you work in - including knowing when a system needs to be replaced, not just improved. What you'll do * Deliver impactful full-stack features that benefit Medicare brokers and beneficiaries, while setting the quality bar for how the team builds * Partner closely with product and design leadership to shape scope, surface tradeoffs, and influence roadmap decisions * Own system-level decisions within your product domain, drive key system and architectural decisions that ensure our platform is set up for elegant solutions to our customers' problems * Identify systemic sources of technical debt and own their resolution, balancing short-term velocity with long-term platform health * Establish and evolve engineering standards - from code review practices to system design principles - leading by example and mentoring engineers around you * Build with modern AI-powered developer tools that remove friction and let you focus on meaningful problems, and help us continue to grow how we use them across the team ## Related Videos - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Lessons learned from building a thriving Vue.js SaaS application](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1666-lessons-learned-from-building-a-thriving-vue-js-saas-application) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [How Sparking Developer Joy Unlocks Developer Productivity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/613-how-sparking-developer-joy-unlocks-developer-productivity) - [Common Mistakes in Vue.js and How to Avoid Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/958-common-mistakes-in-vue-js-and-how-to-avoid-them) - [Hiring AI Native Talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100268-hiring-ai-native-talents) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)