Staff Engineer, Brand

The role

A Staff Engineer will lead the architecture, technical direction, and execution of strategic initiatives for the Brand platform. You will partner with product, design, data, and platform teams to solve high-impact problems and ensure scalable, reliable experiences.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership across the Brand platform.
• Define and evolve architecture for complex, cross-team product and platform initiatives.
• Lead the technical strategy, decomposition, and execution of critical projects.
• Partner with product, design, data, and platform teams to align technical decisions.
• Establish scalable patterns, APIs, and system boundaries.
• Identify and reduce technical risks, dependencies, and operational complexity.
• Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, code reviews, and mentorship.
• Maintain overall platform health through observability and quality practices.
• Translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical direction and solutions.
• Lead the adoption of AI-native engineering practices across the Brand platform.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Significant experience leading the architecture and delivery of complex, distributed systems.
• Demonstrated success operating as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or equivalent senior technical leader across multiple teams or domains.
• Strong systems-design skills.
• Experience leading high-impact initiatives that require coordination across engineering, product, design, data, and platform partners.
• A track record of turning ambiguous product and business problems into clear technical strategies and executable plans.
• Strong communication skills.
• A coaching mindset and demonstrated ability to mentor engineers.
• Commitment to engineering excellence, including quality, operational ownership, and observability.
• Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted development tools or coding agents as part of a real engineering workflow.
• Experience shaping software-development processes that help engineers and AI agents collaborate effectively.
• A track record of improving engineering leverage through automation, developer tooling, platform capabilities, or workflow redesign.

Nice to have

• Strong instincts for the risks of AI-assisted delivery
• Comfort measuring whether new engineering practices improve outcomes

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• 401(k) with LTK company matching
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Paid Paternity Leave
• Summer Fridays
• Flexible PTO

Before you apply

• Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.
• We are not offering new sponsorships opportunities at this time for persons requiring employment visas, such as an H-1B.

About the company

Founded in 2011, LTK is the global technology platform purpose-built to empower lifestyle creators to monetize their content. The platform connects brands, creators, and shoppers through a shopping app and technology.