Staff Software Engineer, Scale

Build and maintain the multi-tenant infrastructure powering companies like Rippling, Navan, Qantas, and SHEIN. Architect systems that aggregate requests from all platform customers, meeting enterprise-grade SLAs for availability, latency, and throughput while handling cross-data-center scenarios. Own features that require synthesizing knowledge across business, regulatory, and technical domains areas where no single existing team has full coverage, like tax systems, compliance-driven flows, or monetization tools. Design integrations for enterprise prospects by translating their business requirements into technical solutions. Architectural decisions directly influence deal outcomes from enabling multi-million dollar contracts to differentiating in competitive sales.

Who You Are

• Have 8+ years of software engineering experience (8+ for Staff) in Java/Spring Boot
• Excel at making the right level of abstraction balancing flexibility and simplicity in system/component design
• Demonstrate clean communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Make pragmatic decisions on when to optimize for performance vs. velocity based on business impact
• Thrive in cross-functional environments spanning Product, Design, Compliance, and Sales
• Design for scale, maintainability, and production excellence
• Have led multi-team initiatives with measurable technical or business impact

Bonus if you have

• Fintech, payments, or regulated industry experience
• High-scale performance tuning (100k+ QPS, large user bases, strict latency SLAs)
• Multi-tenant SaaS or platform architecture background
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Experience with OAuth2.0, API design, or developer documentation
• Cross-region deployment or data residency compliance experience
• Solutions engineering or customer-facing technical experience