Staff Software Engineer

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Denver Headquarters

Compensation: $180,000 - $220,000 / year

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Ownership of meaningful systems with real influence over technical direction
• Direct access to product and company leadership
• Fast feedback loops and fewer layers between idea and implementation
• A collaborative environment where ideas are debated openly and decisions move quickly
• Visible impact. Your work will shape the trajectory of the company

• Make sound technical decisions and clearly explain the tradeoffs behind them
• Step into ambiguity and create clarity for others
• Deliver reliably and adjust execution based on business priorities
• Elevate the quality of systems, discussions, and team standards
• Contribute to a culture of curiosity, accountability, and momentum

Skills Knowledge & Expertise

• Designing and shipping production systems
• Building products from 0 to 1 in ambiguous environments
• Research, open-source contributions, or other technically rigorous work
• Solving problems that required thoughtful system design, tradeoff analysis, or non-obvious technical decisions

• Thrive in environments with evolving structure
• Take ownership of learning new systems and domains
• Proactively identify next steps rather than waiting for assignments
• Stay anchored to business goals, not just technical elegance

• Clear reasoning behind architectural decisions
• Ability to articulate tradeoffs, not just best practices
• Awareness of business context when estimating timelines
• The discipline to meet commitments
• The judgment to increase intensity when the situation calls for it and to simplify when complexity is not justified

• Have expanded their scope over time through new systems, domains, or increased responsibility
• Are comfortable stepping slightly outside their core area when needed
• See product, customer impact, and technical design as interconnected

• Systems interacting with physical processes
• Geospatial or spatial data
• Combining multiple data streams to infer meaningful signals
• Problems requiring modeling, interpretation, or non-obvious conclusions

Benefits

• Salary range: $180,000-220,000 annual base
• Hybrid work environment (at least 3 days/week in Denver office)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance with low deductibles and premiums paid by company 99% for self and 50% for dependents and/or spouse
• 401K with company match (no vesting period)
• Student loan assistance
• Generous culture around time off, including:
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 6 days of sick time per year
  • 11 paid company holidays per year
  • Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Dog friendly office environment