Staff Engineer, Software

Accountabilities:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will develop reliable enterprise applications and integrations, improve system resilience, and help establish strong engineering practices across teams. Your responsibilities will include:

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise applications, REST APIs, and services using C#/.NET and React, with Python where appropriate.

• Architect and implement distributed, event-driven systems using messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, or MQTT, alongside frameworks such as NServiceBus or MassTransit.

• Build and maintain integrations between enterprise platforms, including product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), identity, and engineering systems.

• Implement resilient workflows using architectural patterns such as Saga/process managers, outbox, CQRS, and idempotent consumers.

• Integrate AI capabilities, including large language model (LLM)-powered features, agents, and intelligent automation, into enterprise applications.

• Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality, security, and thorough review practices.

• Deploy and operate services in Azure and/or AWS, applying sound practices for cloud security, networking, identity, reliability, and cost management.

• Build, test, and release software through existing CI/CD and developer platforms, including GitLab, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Artifactory, and SonarQube.

• Instrument services for observability and investigate issues across asynchronous workflows and distributed production systems.

• Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, code reviews, and the continuous improvement of engineering standards.

• Lead projects when needed while working collaboratively with fellow senior engineers on shared codebases.

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand operational challenges, shape requirements, and deliver effective, measurable solutions.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate combines deep software engineering expertise with sound architectural judgment, a strong sense of ownership, and the ability to deliver in a fast-moving environment. Required qualifications include:

• At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience, typically supported by a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Strong expertise in C# and .NET, including .NET 6+, ASP.NET Core, RESTful APIs, background services, and Entity Framework or comparable data-access technologies.

• Professional experience developing frontend applications with React, preferably using TypeScript.

• Hands-on experience with messaging systems and event-driven architectures, including delivery guarantees, message ordering, retries, and dead-letter handling.

• Strong knowledge of integration platform as a service (iPaaS) tools and experience designing and implementing enterprise integrations.

• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, modular monoliths, eventual consistency, and resilience patterns.

• Practical cloud experience with Azure or AWS, including security, networking, identity and access management, compute, storage, and managed services.

• Familiarity with cloud development and deployment practices at an associate-certification level, such as AZ-204, AZ-104, AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, or AWS Developer – Associate.

• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and application troubleshooting.

• Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server or PostgreSQL, including data modeling and query optimization.

• Strong practical experience with AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar solutions, along with sound judgment about their safe and effective use.

• A disciplined approach to unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.

• The ability to learn new domains and technologies quickly, make informed decisions with incomplete information, and deliver value early.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• A strong commitment to ownership, continuous improvement, and being a dependable and respectful team member.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience implementing the Saga pattern through orchestration or choreography for long-running business processes.

• Familiarity with NServiceBus and the Particular Service Platform, including ServicePulse, ServiceInsight, and ServiceControl, or equivalent tools for monitoring and troubleshooting message-driven systems.

• Proficiency in Python for services, scripting, data processing, or AI/ML workloads.

• An active Azure or AWS certification at associate level or higher.

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, AKS/EKS, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.

• Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Application Insights, Grafana, or Datadog.

• Experience integrating enterprise identity platforms and protocols, including Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, single sign-on (SSO), and role-based access control (RBAC).

• Experience integrating PLM or ERP platforms, such as Teamcenter, Arena, or Costpoint.

• Experience developing software in defense, Department of Defense (DoD), or government contracting environments, including Azure Government or AWS GovCloud.

• Familiarity with secure software development practices and frameworks such as NIST SP 800-218 (Secure Software Development Framework).

• Experience working as a peer within a small, senior engineering team, balancing project leadership with hands-on collaboration.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation based on skills, experience, certifications, and work location.

• Bonus opportunities for eligible regular full-time employees.

• Equity as part of the regular full-time employee offer package.

• Employee benefits for eligible regular full-time employees.

• Temporary employee benefits package, where applicable, beginning after 60 days of employment.

• Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action commitments.

• Workplace accommodations for candidates with disabilities or other accessibility needs.