Staff Engineer-1

Castlight Health

Castlight Health

Utah, USA
USD 144,368-216,552 / year
Posted on Mar 30, 2026

Job Description Summary

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:

$144,368.00

to

$216,552.00