Staff Engineer

The role

You will set technical direction and build a high-performing team. You will guide architecture and delivery across modern full-stack systems including React 19 and Node.js.

What you will do

• Lead and grow an engineering team through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development
• Set and evolve technical strategy for developer platforms, dashboards, and internal tooling
• Partner with Product/Design to deliver roadmap outcomes
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, documentation, security, and operational excellence
• Own delivery health including sprint hygiene, predictable execution, and on-call/incident practices
• Drive architecture decisions across front-end, back-end, and deployment
• Build a culture of ownership, feedback, and continuous improvement

Required qualifications

• 7+ years building software
• 2–4+ years leading teams (EM/Tech Lead/Head of Eng)
• Strong full-stack understanding (React + Node.js)
• Modern front-end patterns, SSR/performance, API design
• Experience with shipping and operating production systems (cloud, CI/CD, observability, incident management)
• Proven ability to balance speed with quality in startup environments
• Clear communicator with strong judgment
• Track record of developing engineers

About the company

G2i helps startups hire senior engineers faster and smarter through video-based technical evaluation. They have placed thousands of developers worldwide since 2016.