Staff Software Engineer

About The Role

As a Software Engineering Lead, you will own the technical execution and delivery of projects while leading a team of talented engineers. You will drive technical direction, architect scalable solutions and guide your team to deliver high-impact features across our security and networking platform.

In this role, you will act as a force multiplier, ensuring your team is aligned, unblocked and executing effectively toward business goals. You will foster a culture of ownership, high-quality engineering and continuous learning while mentoring and growing your team to achieve their highest potential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, providing technical direction, project leadership and mentorship.
• Drive projects end-to-end, from technical scoping and design through implementation, deployment and operational support.
• Collaborate closely with Architects and Product Management to prioritize, plan and execute high-impact work aligned with business goals.
• Ensure engineering best practices in architecture, code quality, testing and operational excellence.
• Facilitate design and architecture discussions, ensuring scalability, security and performance are prioritized.
• Help define and uphold team standards for code reviews, testing and deployments.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and ownership within the team.
• Foster cross-functional initiatives and effective communication across teams.
• Mentor and grow team members to help them reach their full potential.
• Contribute to hiring efforts as we continue to grow our engineering team.
• Drive and support Agile practices within the team to improve planning, delivery and team alignment.
  
  

Desirable Skills & Experience

• 15 years of software engineering experience, with 5 years in a technical leadership or team lead role.
• Proven experience leading projects and teams, delivering scalable and reliable systems in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience driving and working within Agile environments to deliver high-quality, iterative value.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (Go, Python, or similar) and strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems and event processing pipelines.
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with messaging frameworks such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with a track record of cross-functional coordination.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of ownership, growth and technical excellence.
• Startup experience or comfort operating in fast-paced, evolving environments is a plus.
  
  

Todyl provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, military status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.