Staff Engineer-2
Castlight Health
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You are the technical heartbeat of your domain. You aren't just a high-level planner; you are a hands-on technical authority who owns the major decisions that shape our systems. You will serve as a force multiplier, elevating the engineers around you by removing technical friction and ensuring that our product roadmap is backed by a scalable, sustainable technical strategy.
How will you make an impact & Requirements
Strategic Leadership & Vision
Technical Decision Ownership: Lead and document high-stakes technical decisions, including "build vs. buy" analyses, vendor selections, and architecture overhauls.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with UX and Product leadership to translate product vision into a proactive technical implementation strategy.
Roadmap Alignment: Partner with Architects in other zones to identify synergies, prevent "reinventing the wheel," and ensure a cohesive global ecosystem.
Dependency Management: Anticipate and mitigate external technical dependencies for strategic projects before they become bottlenecks.
Technical Mastery & Knowledge
Domain Expertise: Maintain a deep understanding of the zone’s product roadmap and the inner workings of all systems within your domain.
System Visibility: Maintain full-stack access (GitLab, GCP, Databases, Observability tools) to research, troubleshoot, and optimize operations in real-time.
Tech Debt Stewardship: Proactively track technical debt, communicate its business impact, and ensure its resolution is prioritized within the backlog.
Hands-On Execution
Critical Path Contribution: Directly contribute code to the most complex or high-risk portions of our strategic projects.
Design Authority: Build the technical designs for major initiatives and provide oversight/mentorship for the designs of minor projects.
Tactical Problem Solving: Act as the ultimate "unblocker" for engineering teams facing complex technical hurdles that stall progress.
Qualifications & Skills
Technical Depth: You can answer 95%+ of technical questions regarding your zone’s systems (and you know exactly where to find the answers for the other 5%).
Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to align technical choices with broader corporate strategy and product goals.
Collaboration: Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders (UX, Product, Executive leadership).
Mentorship: A track record of acting as a "force multiplier," improving the output and technical growth of the engineers around you.
Compensation:
$144,368.00to
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