Staff Software Engineer

Role Overview 

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a senior technical leader responsible for designing, building, and scaling our core platform. You will work across the full stack — from our PHP backend to our modern React frontends — and help drive the evolution of our AWS-based cloud infrastructure. 

This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll be expected to deliver high-quality code, mentor engineers, lead technical initiatives, and partner closely with product and design teams to deliver business impact. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Architecture & Design: Lead design and implementation of scalable, secure, and maintainable systems across PHP backend, React frontend, and AWS infrastructure. 
• Technical Leadership: Own complex features end-to-end; influence technical direction; set best practices in code quality, testing, and CI/CD. 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, design, and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with product strategy. 
• Mentorship & Growth: Coach engineers at multiple levels, provide technical guidance, and help shape the engineering culture. 
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Ensure our systems are performant and reliable on AWS, leveraging services like RDS, ECS/Lambda, S3, CloudFront, etc. 
• Continuous Improvement: Identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to improve performance, security, scalability, and developer experience. 

What We’re Looking For 

• Experience: 12+ years in software engineering, with at least 2+ years in a senior or staff-level role. 
• Backend Expertise: Deep knowledge of PHP (modern frameworks, e.g. Laravel/Symfony, or large-scale monoliths). Strong MySQL or relational database design skills. 
• Frontend Expertise: Proficiency in React, TypeScript, modern frontend tooling. Experience building scalable, maintainable UIs. 
• Cloud & DevOps: Hands-on experience with AWS (RDS, ECS/Lambda, S3, CloudFront, IAM, networking). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker).
• System Design: Proven ability to design and scale SaaS, multi-tenant or multi-db architectures. 
• Leadership: Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers, leading technical discussions, and influencing product direction. 
• Soft Skills: Strong communication, ability to work cross-functionally, customer-centric mindset. Nice to Have 
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms. 
• Knowledge of API design and integration patterns (REST/GraphQL). 
• Exposure to microservices or modular monolith evolution. 
• Background in hospitality, travel, or property management systems.