[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer - Core Architecture @Owner.com

Role Description

We are looking for a mission-driven Staff Engineer who is passionate about their craft and committed to building incredible products for our customers. This role is 100% remote and can be based anywhere in the United States or Canada. For San Francisco-based candidates: we have a new HQ in the Presidio for optional in-person collaboration opportunities!

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience at high-growth startups or large scale platforms
• Demonstrated experience leading architectural design for large, distributed systems
• Experience breaking down monoliths into service-oriented architectures or microservices
• Deep expertise in scaling backend systems to handle high throughput and complex operational concerns
• Strong understanding of auth systems, security boundary design, and distributed identity
• Clear decision-making in ambiguous technical situations
• Excellent communicator — able to articulate trade-offs to engineers and cross-functional partners

Requirements

• Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, MongoDB, Postgres (our main stack)
• Experience building or owning engineering standards and platform foundations
• Previous roles as a principal, staff, or distinguished engineer

Benefits

• The estimated starting base salary range for this role is $240K-250K depending on level, location and experience, plus a generous pre-IPO equity package
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Work from anywhere (remote-first workplace)
• Unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!