[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Utility Warehouse

Role Description

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who acts as a prolific contributor and a technical leader. You should be someone who mentors senior team members, provides context over instruction, and leads by example to foster a culture of quality.

Your technical toolkit should include:

• Expert knowledge of gRPC, GraphQL, Postgres, and Kafka; experience with Go is preferred but not essential.
• Deep experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions and ArgoCD.
• A track record of improving stability, performance, and scalability in business-critical systems.
• The ability to make the complex simple and communicate a long-term technical vision.

You will provide technical direction to other engineers within your pillar, ensuring that multiple team goals align with our broader strategy.

Responsibilities

• Establishing engineering standards and principles within your domain.
• Solving complex technical problems across teams and influencing long-term strategy.
• Driving prioritisation to ensure squads deliver on critical pillar goals.
• Rolling out strategic operational and security improvements across multiple squads.
• Setting and achieving appropriate SLOs and SLAs and acting as a point for critical incident escalation.
• Leading discovery into unknowns and cutting through the noise on large-scale projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Strong technical background.
• Ability to mentor and lead teams.

Requirements

• Full-Time employment status.
• Ability to work remotely.
• Background check required upon offer acceptance.

Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Equal opportunities for all applicants.