Senior Staff / Staff Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• ▹Own technically complex, high-impact problems from ambiguity through production and iteration
• ▹Work across the stack and across product areas rather than a narrow technical domain
• ▹Shape architecture and technical direction while staying deeply involved in implementation
• ▹Partner closely with product, design, operations and company leadership to decide what to build and how
• ▹Identify technical investments that create leverage for other engineers and product teams
• ▹Raise the quality of engineering decisions through design, code review, mentorship and technical leadership
• ▹Make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, simplicity, reliability and long-term maintainability
• ▹Use modern AI tools to increase your engineering leverage and help shape how software is built in an AI-native environment
• ▹Help evolve engineering practices and technical foundations as the team and product scale
• ▹Areas engineers are building in today: Learning (core teaching and learning technology), Student Experience, Growth (discover, apply, enroll), Internal Platforms and Operations, Engineering Foundations

Requirements

• ▹A track record of owning complex software systems or product initiatives with meaningful technical and business impact
• ▹Deep software engineering fundamentals and the ability to move comfortably between architecture and implementation
• ▹Experience taking ambiguous problems, creating technical clarity, and driving them through execution
• ▹Strong judgment about when to build for the future and when the simplest solution is right
• ▹Experience influencing technical decisions beyond your immediate codebase or team
• ▹A history of making other engineers more effective through mentorship, technical leadership, tooling, architecture or improved engineering practices
• ▹The ability to communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly to engineering and non-engineering partners
• ▹Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where ownership is high and organizational boundaries are lightweight
• ▹Curiosity about how AI is changing software development and a desire to use these tools thoughtfully

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Base salary of $210-240k for Staff Engineers or $255-280k for Senior Staff Engineers plus equity grant (actual pay depends on skills, experience and location; for remote roles base salary is localized)
• ▹Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• ▹401(k) match
• ▹Fertility benefits via Carrot
• ▹Flexible time away and paid holidays
• ▹In-office lunches at the NY office (dog friendly)
• ▹Hybrid schedule: Mon and Fri remote, Tue-Thu in office
• ▹Social events: happy hours, birthday celebrations, holiday parties and more
• ▹Opportunity to be an integral player in bringing the company's vision to life

About the company

Campus runs a two-year, accredited online college where students learn in live classes from professors at top universities. It builds on its own technology platform and student success model, teaching business and AI skills; based in Tribeca, New York.