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Staff Engineer

New York, New York, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Guide the strategic evolution of core and new systems, establish architectural boundaries, and lead migrations to support rapid business growth and customer needs.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Systems & Architecture)

Builds

Core and new systems, resilient architecture, and AI/automation tooling for a direct-to-consumer pet food subscription service.

Domain

E-commerce, Subscription, Fulfillment, and AI in the Pet Health industry.

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

System architecture at scale, strategic technology leadership, cross-functional alignment, AI strategy and implementation, mentoring, complex problem-solving, stakeholder communication.

Preferred skills

Experience with AI/automation tools, deep understanding of data flow across domains, ability to work in ambiguous environments.

Technologies

AI tools, automation tools, cloud infrastructure (implied by 'systems at scale'), data platforms.

Responsibilities

Guide strategic evolution of core systems, influence product/business strategy, foster alignment across pods, partner with other Staff Engineers and managers, assess and introduce new technologies, lead the org's technical approach to AI, ensure cohesive customer experience, raise engineering standards.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with significant mentorship and strategic influence.

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