You'll serve as a technical leader and force multiplier for one of our engineering squads at Jove. As a Staff Engineer, you'll guide and unblock senior engineers while shaping technical direction for our case management platform used by personal injury law firms.
What You'll Do
Guide and unblock Senior Engineers on complex technical challenges
Lead technical design and architecture decisions for major features
Collaborate with the Director of Engineering and Product team on long-term technical strategy
Review code and provide technical mentorship across your squad
Drive engineering best practices around testing, observability, and code quality
Participate in daily standups and bi-weekly sprint planning sessions
Ship code alongside your team while maintaining technical leadership responsibilities
Identify and resolve technical debt and performance bottlenecks
Contribute to infrastructure decisions and GitOps workflows
Ensure features are properly instrumented for monitoring and debugging
Who You'll Work With
Report directly to the Director of Engineering
Lead and mentor a squad of 5-6 Senior and Associate Engineers
Partner with the other Staff Engineers and Project Manager on cross-squad initiatives
Meet regularly with Product Managers and Designers on long-term roadmap planning
Collaborate with the QA Engineer on your squad to ensure quality standards
Engage with the Director of Engineering and Project Manager on technical strategy
What We're Looking For
Extensive experience building and scaling production web applications
Deep expertise in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and full-stack development
Proven track record of technical leadership and mentoring engineers
Strong architectural and system design skills