Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

About the Role: We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong organizational influence. This role operates beyond individual service ownership and requires demonstrated impact across teams, domains, and large-scale distributed systems. This is a hybrid role based out of either our SF or NYC office. You must be willing to travel to our SF or NYC office 3 days/week. What You'll Do: • Define and drive architectural direction across multiple services and teams • Lead the design and evolution of distributed systems • Ensure systems are built for long-term scalability, resilience, observability, and security • Drive cross-team technical alignment across client, in