Sr Staff Engineer Software (IC4b)

Title: Sr Staff Engineer Software (IC4b) Work Location: Remote Role Summary You’ll be the go-to hands-on coder and architect across our CARDS technology platform— This is a pure IC role (no people management) focused on building high-quality, observable, production code quickly and safely in a cloud-native stack. What You’ll Do Hands-on Engineering: • Write production-grade, scalable backend code using Node.JS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and modern frameworks. • Design and implement services Apollo GraphQL subgraph/resolvers in TypeScript/Node. • Develop APIs, services, and platform infrastructure that support credit cards acquisitions workflows. • Ship event-driven features (Kafka/SQS) with idempotent processing, retries, circuit breakers, and instant rollback (shadow/parallel modes). • Engineer for operations: TDD, performance/load testing, OpenTelemetry traces/metrics/logs, meaningful SLOs, and production dashboards. • Work in a code-repo with strict CI/CD, PR reviews, static analysis, and automated security scanning. Technical Leadership & Strategy • Architect platform-level services and improve systems for resilience, observability, and extensibility. • Make high-leverage engineering decisions that balance speed, quality, and maintainability. • Raise the bar on engineering quality through hands-on contributions, design reviews, and technical mentorship. Team Collaboration & Mentorship • Partner with product, design, operations, and other engineering teams to build solutions that deliver business value and customer impact. • Contribute to cross-functional platform efforts (e.g., onboarding, credit bureau reporting, servicing & collections APIs). • Drive alignment on technical strategy and execution, with strong written and verbal communication. Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. • 8+ years building distributed backend services; 3+ years with TypeScript/Node.js in production. • Experience with Node.JS, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS. • Deep experience with GraphQL (Apollo/Federation), AWS (EKS/Lambda, API Gateway, S3, KMS, IAM), and event streams (Kafka/MSK or SQS). • Proven track record shipping fast with TDD, CI/CD, feature flags, and safe migration patterns (strangler, shadow/parallel). • Solid security and compliance chops: OAuth2/OIDC (Okta), least-privilege IAM, encryption, audit/retention. • Production observability with OTel + Grafana/Datadog/New Relic (or similar). • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes. Cloud infrastructure, Terraform and CI/CD • Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices for building scalable and robust applications. • Proven experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams, promoting technical excellence and collaboration. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences Mandatory Skills: Software delivery in an agile environment, Typescript, GraphQL, NodeJS, NextJS, AWS, Backlog management in JIRA