Technical Lead - Sr. Staff Software Engineer

Favor is seeking a Technical Lead - Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join their team in Austin, TX. As a key member of the engineering team, you'll be responsible for defining solution architecture, acting as a technical point of contact, and collaborating across multiple squads to design unified cross-squad solutions.

The role involves hands-on coding with a focus on architectural changes, leading troubleshooting efforts, and developing technical solutions to advance the company's priorities. You'll work closely with product and operations teams to understand customer needs and build simple solutions to complex problems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining solution architecture and integrating necessary technical components
• Collaborating with technical leads and engineers across disciplines
• Working with product partners to solve complex business problems
• Leading and participating in troubleshooting application incidents
• Developing technical solutions, vision, and strategy aligned with company goals
• Defining and contributing to standards that improve developer workflows

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software engineering experience, strong technical skills in various technologies (Java, Kotlin, Scala, PHP, Python, Node.js, C#, MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, DocumentDB/MongoDB, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Elasticsearch), and the ability to lead larger initiatives.

Favor offers a high-growth startup environment where you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on hundreds of thousands of users. If you're passionate about modern, clean code and products that make a difference, this role at Favor could be an excellent fit for you.