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Beautiful.ai · 1 week ago

Staff Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$200K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

Beautiful.ai is changing the way the world presents by building fast, foolproof tools that enable anyone to tell visual stories that win. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will take ownership of complex features, provide mentorship, and define the technical direction of the product while ensuring scalability and performance.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningPresentation SoftwareSaaSSoftware

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of high-impact features and services across the full stack using JavaScript, Node.js, React, CSS, and MongoDB, ensuring scalability, performance, maintainability, and a delightful user experience

Provide technical leadership within the team, driving best practices and ensuring that high engineering standards are maintained across the product

Mentor and guide senior and junior engineers, helping them grow their technical expertise and ensuring effective knowledge sharing within the team. Play a key role in developing the team’s technical capabilities

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and other engineering teams, to shape the direction of new features and improvements

Own complex technical challenges, from troubleshooting and debugging to optimizing performance and improving the architecture of core components

Define and implement technical strategies for improving the overall product, such as optimizing front-end performance and reliability, improving code quality, or enhancing the CI/CD pipeline

Troubleshoot and resolve incidents during on-call rotations, ensuring minimal downtime and fast recovery

Qualification

Full-stack developmentJavaScriptNode.jsReactMongoDBTypescriptTechnical leadershipAnalytical thinkingCommunication skillsMentorship

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). A Master's degree is a plus

7+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering, with a product development focus

Strong hands-on experience with react, typescript, javascript, and full stack development is required

Proven track record of delivering high impact product features from product definition and planning through execution to successful completion

Strong product and analytical thinking, with the ability to collaborate closely with product partners to evaluate tradeoffs, assess technical feasibility, and guide decision-making through clear pros/cons analysis grounded in technical complexity, effort, and impact

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Ability to take on a role of a thought leader for the team and influence technical decisions throughout the organization

Demonstrated ability to partner with organizational leadership to help shape engineering strategy, influence resourcing decisions, and contribute to effective team design