Range
Staff Engineer
McLean, VA. Posted a month ago
The role
A Staff Engineer will architect, build, and ship software solutions using AI workflows. You will lead technical initiatives, mentor others, and define engineering operations to scale the company.
What you will do
- Architect and ship software solutions
- Use AI workflows to move faster alongside the team and customers
- Define how engineering operates
- Demonstrate leadership through ownership of impactful projects
- Mentor others
- Manage others
- Encourage calculated risks across the team
- Model resilience and optimism
- Balance team needs, individual growth, and company objectives
- Promote radical transparency as a manager
Required qualifications
- Deep expertise across multiple languages (TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, etc)
- Extensive experience architecting and evolving production systems on AWS or similar cloud platforms
- Proven ability to work across the entire stack
- Track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives
- Experience setting technical vision and strategy
- Ability to navigate organizational complexity and build consensus
- Proven ability to architect, debug, and ship using AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc)
- Strong mentorship track record
Nice to have
- Experience designing systems that scale with the business over years
- Experience building and evolving frontend platforms and design systems
- Deep product sense
- Ability to take broad, ambiguous company-level challenges and translate them into concrete engineering strategies
- Track record of introducing new technologies, practices, or architectural patterns
- Security engineering experience
- Fintech experience
- Startup experience
Benefits
- 100% employer-covered medical insurance for employees (75% for dependents)
- Dental and vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement savings program
- Paid Time Off and most federal holidays
- Comprehensive parental leave policy
- Select meals covered throughout the week
- Monthly movement stipend
- Early exercise eligibility
- Professional development focus
- Annual salary and equity refreshes based on performance
- Boomerang Program: hold your spot for 6 months after two years to start a company
About the company
Range is building AI-powered wealth management including investments, taxes, retirement, and estate planning. The company is backed by Google's Gradient Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Scale Venture Partners, and more.