Staff Software Engineer

The role

A Staff Software Engineer will join core engineering teams to build robust, scalable, and user-centered systems. You will work cross-functionally with design and product management to drive impactful projects and lead technical decision-making.

What you will do

• Drive impactful projects
• Foster an inclusive team culture
• Lead technical decision-making
• Develop a high-performing team
• Guide teams through complex technical challenges
• Ensure work aligns with business priorities
• Balance mentorship with technical execution
• Take full responsibility for major features
• Collaborate with deployment team and users to iterate on solutions

Required qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams
• Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and / or in the open-source community
• Ability to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users
• Solid understanding of architecting and scaling distributed software systems
• Strong best practices in modern software development and comfort navigating large codebases
• Located in Washington, D.C. and open to working in office

About the company

Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with an AI-enabled platform. The company supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries.