Software Development · 71 people
Staff Engineer
Posted 20 Oct
What’s this role about? Lead the long-term technical vision and architectural decisions while remaining hands-on in writing production-ready code. Mentor and manage a small team of engineers to drive engineering productivity and technical excellence.
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Company
About Carefeed Carefeed is an all-in-one operations platform to help senior living and long-term care communities simplify their daily work. By replacing paperwork, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools with an easy-to-use solution, Carefeed saves time, reduces stress, and ensures residents, families, and staff stay informed and connected.
Carefeed
Simplifying tasks to give you more time for care.
Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Own major architectural decisions and drive the long-term technical vision of our product.
- Hands-On Development: Write high-quality, production-ready code; participate in code reviews; ensure best practices in testing, CI/CD, and deployment.
- Drive transformation: Coach existing team members on best practices in software design, testing and operation. Serve as a mentor to other engineers.
- System Architecture: Design scalable, secure, and resilient systems that will support rapid growth and evolving customer needs.
- Mentorship & Management: Lead, mentor, and occasionally manage up to three engineers; provide guidance on technical challenges and career development.
- Drive engineering productivity: Evaluate new technologies, tools, and frameworks that can accelerate development and improve reliability.
Qualification
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong expertise in backend or full-stack development.
- Proven success designing and implementing large-scale systems and leading high-impact projects
- Deep knowledge of modern software practices, such as continuous deployment and software testing.
- 3+ years of engineering management experience; you’ve been both a technical lead and people manager and understand how to balance the two.
- Strong understanding of AWS (or similar cloud platforms) and the ability to coach teams on modern infrastructure practices
- Experience working with distributed teams; comfortable leading in a hybrid environment (role based in Chicago, with team members across the U.S., including our Cincinnati HQ).
- Work Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
- What You’ll Love
- Join a fast-growing startup making a real impact in the lives of senior care providers and their communities
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to support your health and well-being
- 401(k) plan to help you plan for the future
- Paid vacation, sick time, and company-paid holidays to support work-life balance
- A culture that values growth and development, with opportunities to grow your career as we scale
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid Vacation
- Sick Time
- Company-paid Holidays
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