Senior Staff Software Engineer

Job description

What You’ll Do: The Senior Staff Software Engineer is one of Nue's senior-most individual contributors, responsible for shaping the technical direction of the platform across multiple product teams. This role sets the multi-year technical strategy in their domain, drives the architecture decisions that other teams build on, and operates as a force multiplier for engineering — through code, design, mentorship, and judgment. The Senior Staff is the engineer leadership turns to when the stakes are highest: a critical architectural pivot, a platform decision that will shape the next two years of velocity. They lead through technical excellence, deep system understanding, and a track record of consistently making the right call. Set multi-year technical direction: Architect systems other teams build on - Define the technical roadmap for a major platform area (e.g., lifecycle management, billing, integrations, data platform) across multiple teams and quarters. - Make build-vs-buy and platform-vs-feature trade-offs at the company level, with clear written rationale. - Sequence the technical investments that unblock the company's largest customers and the next two years of growth. - Bring...