Staff Software Engineer

Accountabilities:: Lead a product squad while remaining hands-on in software development, setting direction, defining scope, establishing timelines, and keeping engineers unblocked. Deliver features end to end, from database schemas and GraphQL resolvers through React components and mobile screens. Build and maintain shared platform foundations including authentication, permissions, notifications, and billing. Complete and refine the React Native mobile experience to deliver a consistent standard across web and mobile products. Design and maintain reliable background workflows supporting scheduling, payments, integrations, and other critical operations. Provide technical leadership through architecture decisions, implementation, code quality, and hands-on problem solving rather than formal people management. Collaborate directly with Product, Design, and Marketing to define problems, shape solutions, and determine what should be built. Contribute across the full technology stack, taking ownership of implementation rather than relying on strict engineering-layer handoffs. Identify and resolve technical issues ranging from shared infrastructure and flaky tests to customer-facing bugs and data problems. Establish practical engineering standards that support reliable delivery without unnecessary over-engineering. Use AI coding agents thoughtfully to accelerate development while applying appropriate technical oversight and judgment. Requirements: 8+ years of experience building production software, or 6+ years with an exceptionally strong track record. Strong TypeScript and React expertise, with solid software engineering fundamentals and the ability to work comfortably across the stack. Experience moving between backend and frontend concerns, including schemas, resolvers, components, and application screens. React Native or Expo experience, or demonstrated ability and willingness to develop mobile expertise quickly. Experience leading a small engineering team, significant technical initiative, or product development effort; formal management experience is not required. Strong understanding of when to use AI coding agents and when their output requires additional supervision or validation. Pragmatic engineering approach, with the ability to distinguish between decisions that are expensive to reverse and those that can be iterated on quickly. Ability to operate independently, scope work, establish quality standards, and make meaningful progress in ambiguous environments. Willingness to take ownership of all aspects of engineering work, including maintenance, debugging, testing, billing logic, and customer issues. Strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly when working directly with Product, Design, Marketing, and other technical stakeholders. Experience with the creator economy, social platforms, or content tooling is a strong plus. U.S.-based and authorized to work without requiring new sponsorship; visa transfers may be possible. Availability for core working hours overlapping with Central Time. Technology Environment: Next.js, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind, and a custom Radix-based design system. GraphQL and Apollo, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Drizzle. Stripe, Novu, and Inngest for payments, notifications, and background workflows. React Native and Expo for mobile development. Vercel and Turborepo for deployment and monorepo management. Vitest and Playwright for testing. Benefits: Base salary of $180,000–$210,000 plus equity. Equity participation in a profitable, bootstrapped business. Health, dental, and vision coverage. Fully remote work within the United States. Core working hours overlapping with Central Time. Flexible paid time off. Annual company-wide team offsites. Technical interview process focused on practical work, including real-code refactoring and system design rather than take-home assignments or algorithmic whiteboarding.