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Staff Software Engineer

Zencoder

Remote · EuropeSalary not disclosedfull-timeZencoder Careers

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our engineering team. This is a critical role for an experienced, hands-on technical leader with a broad and deep skillset across multiple languages such as JavaScript and JVM-based (Java/Kotlin) and strong experience building and scaling distributed systems in cloud environments such as AWS or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a technical thought leader, setting a high bar for engineering quality.
  • Be hands-on, writing code for new features, prototyping, refactoring existing code to meet best practices, etc.
  • Lead design discussions and architecture reviews for high-impact projects.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and research teams to define and evolve user-facing functionality with real developer impact.
  • Evaluate trade-offs thoughtfully across performance, scalability, complexity, and cost and advocate for clear, maintainable solutions.
  • Guide and mentor other engineers, helping them grow while raising the overall technical maturity of the team.
  • Influence engineering culture, driving best practices in testing, observability, security, and cloud design.

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    Remote
    Seniority
    Senior
    Posted
    13 May 2026
    Last verified
    In the last 5 days

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