Staff Software Engineer

A world-leading platform for agentic software development, powered by AI to build, scale, and deliver secure software, is seeking a talented engineer. This company is changing how the world builds software, providing tools and infrastructure for over 180 million developers and thousands of organizations globally. The Role Lead technical decision-making and architecture for critical infrastructure Design and implement scalable, reliable, and performant solutions for complex problems like rate-limiting and routing Maintain and improve the core load balancing platform and other traffic management systems Write, review, and maintain code primarily in Go and Ruby & Rails Mentor other engineers in technical and architectural decisions Participate in on-call rotation and team meetings to ensure service reliability What You'll Need 9+ years of experience in Software Engineering or related discipline, with a proven track record in production software using languages like Go, Ruby, Python, Java, C++, etc. 4+ years building and supporting large, high-traffic applications at scale within platform/infrastructure domains 4+ years supporting and building cloud-native workloads in Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud 2+ years maintaining a Load Balancer, with experience in abuse protection mechanisms (e.g., DDoS attacks, load shedding) Experience with HAProxy or other open-source Load Balancers is a plus Strong written communication skills and ability to thrive in a distributed, remote environment What's On Offer Opportunity to work on a platform relied upon by millions of developers worldwide Engage with challenging and novel problems that significantly impact software development Work with a highly distributed, diverse, and passionate team of engineers Competitive pay and generous learning and growth opportunities Apply via Haystack today!