Fieldguide is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build the foundational platform that powers Fieldguide, including core platform services and tooling. The successful candidate will operate as a technical leader across teams, defining standards and reducing complexity for product, AI, and infrastructure engineers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant time spent building product-facing platforms or foundational application services
- Strong product instincts and a track record of shipping platform capabilities that unlocked meaningful customer outcomes
- Deep experience designing APIs, services, and shared systems that other engineers build on top of
- Strong fluency with modern cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, and distributed systems
- Track record of operating as a technical leader across multiple teams without owning them directly
- Excellent judgment on what to build into the platform, what to leave to product teams, and what to buy
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to contribute to and review complex codebases
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to drive alignment across engineering, product, and design
- High agency and a bias toward owning problems end-to-end
Benefits
- Competitive compensation with equity
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- Flexible time off and work schedules
- Technology reimbursements
- 401(k) plan
- Twice-yearly in-person offsites across the U.S.
- Wellness benefits starting on your first day
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