Who We Are

Stavvy is transforming how business is conducted remotely by making complex legal and financial transactions easier, safer, and more accessible to all. Whether we are working to enable title companies to facilitate remote closings in a safe way, better connecting lenders with the businesses they use during the home buying process, or building the next set of tools for the platform, Stavviators (our employees) are disruptors at heart. Our team is constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to simplify life's defining moments. If you want to help power the paperless revolution, join us at Stavvy!

In this Staff Software Engineer role, you will be an integral part of the Engineering team, responsible for setting the vision for our core application

While this role can be fully remote, the Staff Engineer will be expected to work on East Coast hours.

What You'll Do

Provide direction and guidance for large feature work from the inception stage
Assist a product delivery team with refactoring and enforcing core architectural principles while we consolidate and reduce complexity to improve the user experience
Focus on our core application, but also be aware of our additional product(s) and their interactions
Express thoughtful opinions and know-how on implementing enterprise-grade systems at the code and schema levels as well as distributed systems architecture
Champion a holistic engineering approach that accounts for SDLC and CICD best practices in terms of development velocity and risk management
Lay out the foundations for new services in Kotlin/Java and Python and ensure their implementation not only to functional requirements, but to performance, scalability, security, and other technical characteristics
Recognize, classify, prioritize, and business-justify investments in servicing tech debt
Collaborate with our product, design, and development teams in order to fully create and understand the requirements for what is necessary to be produced
Lead investigations when necessary to resolve production issues, always putting our customers first
Grow yourself and your team’s engineering skills by mentoring other engineers and reviewing code to ensure high code quality and continuous improvement

Who You Are

Strong development background with 10+ years experience in Java/Kotlin, Python, and/or other environments
Solid computer science fundamentals and demonstrable hands-on experience with architectural design and complex systems
You have experience designing systems that scale as validated through performance and load testing
A profound understanding of how to best create modern SaaS-based web applications
Comprehensive knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure development and tech stacks (AWS strongly preferred), familiarity with Git for version control, and back-end deployment process best practices
Hands-on experience with SQL databases and other persistence models and caching schemes
Experience with DataDog and a strong interest in observability is a plus
You have led high-level technical projects or have been the primary engineering leader of multi-month engineering projects
Skilled at conflict management and resolution; advocating for your ideas strongly while listening and integrating the ideas of others equally strongly
Natural collaborator and problem solver who thrives in fast-paced environments
Relentlessly curious and are continuously working to learn and build your knowledge
You put customers first and are open to help triage on the occasional customer or partner call

Compensation Education

The Boston based range for this full time position is $200,000 - $225,000
For more details on how we came up with this range, check out this article from our VP of People & Culture
Stavvy is committed to competitive and equitable pay for all Stavviators. The listed pay range for this role is a good faith estimate of the hiring range for this position. Compensation offered will be determined based on several factors including an individual’s experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

What We Offer

Fully Covered Medical Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance
Equity
Unlimited PTO
Paid Time Off (12 Holidays & 12 Recharge days)
401K
Office centrally located in Boston’s financial district
Paid Parental, Medical & Military Leave
Competitive salary and generous stock options
Core values-based leadership
Endless opportunities to learn and take on new responsibilities in a fast-paced, growth-mode startup

If this sounds like a company you would like to join and a role you would thrive in, please don’t hold back from applying! Stavvy is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.