Engineering - Transportation - Staff Engineer, Software
ACV
Buffalo, NY, USA · Remote
USD 165k-190k / year
Posted on Oct 18, 2025
Who we are looking for:
We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Staff Software Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain software applications that solve real-world problems and enhance our products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and innovative solutions.
What you will do:
- Establish and document best practices and coding standards.
- Support product delivery teams by providing guidance on technical solutions when asked.
- Conduct code reviews, develop high-quality documentation, and build robust test suites.
- Own the overall performance of products and frameworks within a defined area of focus.
- Previous experience leading POCs or technical tool adoption initiatives.
- Provide technical support for multiple applications within the technology portfolio.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to multiple teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence
- Be empowered to lead and complete software projects with minimal guidance from managers.
- Lead team discussions to define technical requirements for new and current products.
- Develop roadmaps and prioritizes technical debt to effectively plan features and work.
- Respond-to and troubleshoot highly complex problems quickly, efficiently, and effectively.
- Mentor junior engineers.
- Other duties as assigned
What you will need:
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
- 8 year(s) related experience
- Expert experience with Java, Python.
- Expert experience with Distributed Systems Design and/or Event-Driven development.
- Expert experience and understanding of pyramid testing methodologies.
- Expert experience with build & deployment automation (CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins/TeamCity).
- Experience with AWS (or any big public cloud tech), SQL, and Pub/Sub patterns (Kafka).
- Expert experience with version control systems (Git).
- Experience maintaining and extending an existing codebase, adapting to pre-existing patterns and tracing the code’s path of execution.
- Expert experience in debugging, profiling, and optimizing distributed systems using tools like Datadog, CloudWatch Logs, and distributed tracing frameworks.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Deployment automation.
Compensation: $165,000.00 - $190,000.00 annually. Please note that final compensation will be determined based upon the applicant's relevant experience, skillset, location, business needs, market demands, and other factors as permitted by law. #LI-AM1
No immigration or work visa sponsorship will be provided for this position.