Staff Software Engineer (Mobile Backend-for-Frontend)
$168,560–$231,770 year
HybridAustin, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead the Mobile BFF team by setting engineering direction, owning the architecture of GraphQL services, and translating customer needs into scalable mobile experiences. Drive sound technical decisions, de-risk complex work, and establish high-quality development standards to ensure code maintainability and system reliability. Mentor engineers through constructive code reviews, pairing on complex problems, and raising the engineering bar across the division. Optimize application performance and resilience while driving the resolution of technical debt and systemic risks before they impact customers. This role serves as the technical lead for the GraphQL BFF services powering native iOS and Android experiences for construction teams worldwide.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering fundamentals
- strong system design skills
- Deep proficiency in backend development with Ruby on Rails, Node.js, or Java
- hands-on GraphQL or other BFF/API-layer experience
- Proven technical leadership
- track record of serving as a tech lead
- influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team scope
- Experience with large-scale systems
- managing platforms and infrastructure that support thousands of hosts and millions of users
- Experience building and maintaining modern CI/CD systems in a large-scale environment
- Ability to balance immediate business needs with strategic, long-term technical investments
- effectively communicate architectural trade-offs
- Strong collaborative and communication skills
- knack for collaborating effectively across teams
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working closely with mobile teams
- hands-on iOS/Android development experience
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