Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Engineer who will elevate our team’s capabilities and set a high bar for technical excellence. As a critical hire, you will work in a highly synchronous, fully remote environment where you’ll spend the majority of your time (50%+) pairing and meeting with team members. This role is central to the future success of Phin, and your impact will be directly measurable. If you’re ready to dive into the deep end after a structured onboarding period and operate with full autonomy, we’re ready to bet on you.

What You’ll Do

• Full-Stack Development: Bring expertise across the stack to build, scale, and maintain robust applications.
• Problem Solving: Tackle the hardest engineering problems and transition solutions to other teams for long-term ownership.
• Team Collaboration: Pair extensively with teammates, fostering a culture of critical thinking and respect.
• Leadership: Engage with directors and executives, influencing decision-making and driving technical strategy.
• Cultural Fit: Embed yourself in our reflective, Scrum-heavy environment, contributing to a team that thrives on philosophical discourse and iterative improvement.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Expertise:

• 7+ years of professional engineering experience
• You have been a tech lead, a top performer, or a staff engineer in a software team before.
• Track record of working directly with director and executive-level stakeholders.
• Comfortable deploying and debugging code in cloud infrastructure (queues, serverless, docker, CI/CD)
• Exceptional JavaScript skills. We are a full JS / Node shop. React in the front, Node in the back.
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously and excel as a staff+ individual contributor.
• Startup experience (2+ years in companies with 0-25 employees) is a plus.

Mindset & Philosophy:

• Someone not afraid to tell the CTO they have a better idea.
• A solver that can troubleshoot our most daunting problems.
• Fully bought into our culture, aligned with our principles of deep reflection and respectful critique.
• Enjoys pairing with teammates; enjoys a culture of critical thinking and respect.

Technical Bonus Points:

• Google Cloud expertise, especially with Firestore and noSQL.

Why Join Us?

• Impact: We just closed a funding round and are ready to take our product to best-in-class. This is a rare opportunity to shape the trajectory of a company.
• Growth: Work closely with exceptional engineers and gain exposure to high-level strategic decisions.
• Environment: Fully remote yet highly interactive and synchronous, fostering deep collaboration.

If you’re ready to bring your A-game and contribute to building something extraordinary, we want to hear from you.