Senior Staff Software Engineer

Impinj delivers the Physical Intelligence that connects the physical world to the AI-powered digital world, fueling automated workflows and improving consumer experiences. From retail merchandise and groceries to packages and shipping pallets, Impinj products and solutions identify and track tens of billions of everyday items, providing real-time operational insights about every item enterprises make, move and sell. We are, quite literally, the eyes and ears of smart enterprise systems. Come help us build technology and solutions that enable businesses to visualize everything, waste nothing and act instantly.

Team Overview:

Impinj is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in full-stack web applications to join our Solutions Software organization to build the user-facing applications and supporting backend services for our cloud platform. In this position, you will build features end-to-end, with an emphasis on frontend development, working closely with designers, product managers, and platform engineers.

We’re building a high-caliber software team from the ground up with uncompromising standards for quality, velocity, and close, cross-functional collaboration. You’ll work across the full technology stack (frontend, backend, mobile, databases, event sourcing, MQTT, PKI/certificates, IoT) alongside collaborators from diverse disciplines including design, firmware, and silicon.

What You Will Do:

• Build and ship web applications end-to-end, from initial design through deployment
• Work closely with our designers on interaction details, components, and design systems to implement customer- and internal-facing user interfaces
• Build the APIs, data models, and backend services behind the interfaces you create
• Write production code in Rust and TypeScript
• Deliver product features across configuration, management, and reporting
• Contribute to platform work over time, including event-sourced backend systems
• Maintain frontend architecture, performance, testing, and code quality
• Collaborate with product, design, and platform engineers on requirements and integration
• Review code and share knowledge with the team
• Help advance the team’s adoption of AI tools and practices for building and testing software

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Typically requires 10 years of professional software development experience
• Deep expertise in modern web frontend development, including TypeScript, component architecture, state management, performance, accessibility, and responsive design
• Experience designing APIs, relational data models, and the backend services behind them
• Demonstrated history of delivering results on new, ambiguous, or difficult technical problems
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a record of helping teammates succeed
• Demonstrated use of AI tools to improve the speed and quality of engineering work
• Experience with event sourcing, design systems, data visualization, or IoT is preferred
• Deep expertise in Rust is preferred

Compensation & Benefits:

The benefits listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Impinj and the country where you work.

The typical base pay range for this role across the US is $158,700 - $238,100. Individual base pay depends on various factors such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties, requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Both market wage data and the mid-point of the pay range is reviewed and used as the starting point for all new hire offers. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.

At Impinj certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role. US based employees have access to healthcare benefits; a 401(k) plan and company match among others.

For a more comprehensive list of US employment benefits, click here. 

US Export Controls:

This position has access to technologies or data subject to U.S. export control regulations. Under these laws, the release or transfer of export-controlled items or information to individuals who are not classified as "U.S. persons" (as defined by Immigration & Nationality Act) may require prior authorization from the U.S. government. We may require additional documentation related to national identity to determine whether an export compliance license is required for any export-controlled items. This information is requested solely for the purpose of complying with U.S. export control laws and will not be used for other purposes. Learn more about export compliance here.

Why work at Impinj:

Know you’re making a difference. Competitive benefits. Support for remote work or a desk with a view. Weekly Q&A sessions with our executive team. Impinj provides an environment that fosters openness and innovation and is developing technology that delivers a positive impact on the world. Collaboration and teamwork are highly valued, and accomplishments are duly celebrated. We have an open paid time-off policy paired with a respect for work/life balance. Our headquarters is located in Seattle with spectacular views of the Olympics, Lake Union, and Mt Baker, which can be enjoyed from our rooftop deck. Our Brazilian site is in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, at “Tecnopuc,” a technology park that offers a very nice workplace for the development of groundbreaking technologies. Impinj is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.