Building the public network for non-public information
Staff Software Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
28 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer
OpenMined
• Own the NSAI squad technical architecture end to end — align design, engineering, and deployment across stack to deliver reliable technical capabilities and user experience from current implementation through product roadmap evolution. • Drive production readiness through deployment monitoring, error handling, graceful degradation, and operational runbooks. • Be a force multiplier by establishing, demonstrating, and mentoring the team to establish norms around engineering best practices (including system design for modularity, security, reliability, & scalability), code quality, and delivery to production. • Collaborate on core technology stack strategy through architectural review and identification of NSAI components that should become shared organizational primitives and defining standard interfaces that prevent tight coupling. • Partner with product lead to develop and execute on realistic roadmaps that balance what is desired with what is feasible, scalable, and architecturally sounds. • Own the delivery of engineering’s quarterly goals, ensuring consistent, high-impact delivery while effectively managing resources. • Own team output, delivery, and success (productivity, timeliness, morale) through appropriately matching team members and work to properly balance interest, learning opportunities, capacity, and capability. • Champion high-quality software delivery through the establishment of robust tools, processes, & methodologies, and by providing hands-on technical leadership via individual development contributions and code reviews. • Create technical documentation and processes that support high velocity and knowledge transfer. • Manage a team of 2-4 engineers as a people leader, performing 1:1s, providing technical and professional feedback, creating professional development plans, and performing performance reviews.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of personally building, shipping, and operating production systems at meaningful scale
- Strong Python proficiency — FastAPI, async patterns, Docker orchestration
- Vue 3 / TypeScript, Rust / Tauri, or cross-platform desktop app experience extremely beneficial
- Networking/P2P application experience beneficial
- Distributed systems and API design experience including design & evolution of interfaces consumed by multiple independent teams
- Practical RAG and information retrieval experience with vector databases, retrieval pipelines, embedding strategies, and aggregation
- Demonstration of technical leadership through the introduction of engineering quality practices to one or more teams
- Comfort with ambiguity and resource constraints
- Async-fluent with strong written communication and capacity to build high-trust working relationships across 6hr+ time zone spread
- Cross-functional collaboration & communication to facilitate and improve understanding/context sharing between engineers and non-engineering/non-technical stakeholders
Benefits
- US Healthcare Benefits: We offer healthcare benefits for employees located in the United States
- Mission-Driven Work: Be part of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, focused on social impact rather than profit, offering the chance to make a meaningful difference in the world.
- Open Source Contribution: Make a real impact by contributing to an Open Source project that benefits a broad community.
- Collaborative Global Team: Join a dynamic, international team that values collaboration and diversity.
- Flexible Work Hours: Enjoy the autonomy to structure your work hours around what best fits your life and productivity.
- Fully Remote Work: Work from anywhere in the world—no office or commute required.
- Results-Driven Culture: Thrive in an environment that values efficiency and results over bureaucracy.
- Flexible Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with flexible vacation days, alongside recognition of local national holidays.
- Competitive Compensation: Receive competitive pay, with equity in salary across different regions.
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