Staff Software Engineer (Repositories)
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer (Repositories) based in Canada.
This role offers the opportunity to build the foundation of secure, scalable infrastructure that powers trusted open source software delivery.
You will design and operate backend systems that enable developers and organizations to consume software artifacts safely and reliably.
Working at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and security, you will influence the architecture of a growing artifact platform.
The position requires strong technical ownership, systems thinking, and the ability to solve complex infrastructure challenges at scale.
You will collaborate with talented engineers across teams while helping shape engineering practices, reliability standards, and product direction.
This is an impactful opportunity for an experienced engineer who wants to build critical developer infrastructure in a fast-moving environment.
Accountabilities:
The Staff Software Engineer will take ownership of the technical direction and implementation of repository infrastructure, building highly reliable backend systems and helping scale secure artifact delivery capabilities.
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of core repository systems, including package registries, APIs, and production services.
- Build and operate highly available backend services that securely serve software artifacts at scale.
- Drive technical decisions related to repository architecture, service boundaries, scalability, and operational best practices.
- Develop and improve systems focused on reliability, observability, performance, and production readiness.
- Design solutions that support future expansion across multiple artifact types, including libraries, containers, and operating system packages.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to create a cohesive and scalable repository experience.
- Own meaningful technical initiatives from design through delivery while identifying opportunities to improve platform capabilities.
- Mentor engineers, provide thoughtful code reviews, and raise engineering standards across the organization.
- Help transform ambiguous technical challenges into clear solutions through strong problem-solving and communication.
- Contribute to building a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is a senior-level software engineer with deep backend and infrastructure experience, strong technical judgment, and a passion for building reliable systems used by developers at scale.
- 8+ years of experience building and operating production backend or infrastructure systems.
- Proven experience demonstrating staff-level technical ownership and leadership.
- Strong experience with Go, or extensive backend engineering experience with the ability to quickly become productive in Go.
- Experience building customer-facing infrastructure such as package registries, artifact repositories, developer platforms, APIs, or other high-scale services.
- Strong understanding of production operations, including reliability, observability, performance optimization, and infrastructure trade-offs.
- Experience working across application and infrastructure layers, including cloud environments and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
- Strong systems thinking with the ability to proactively identify technical challenges and improve platforms before issues impact customers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a remote environment.
- Ability to influence technical direction, align teams, and drive progress in an evolving organization.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with package registries, artifact platforms, Docker registries, GitLab package services, Artifactory, Nexus, or similar systems.
- Knowledge of software supply chain security concepts, including provenance, SBOMs, and trusted artifact distribution.
- Open source development experience, particularly in developer tooling, package ecosystems, or infrastructure projects.
- Experience scaling multi-artifact repository platforms or developer infrastructure products.
Benefits:
- Flexible remote-first work environment with opportunities for team gatherings and company-wide meetups.
- Monthly stipend support for coworking spaces, phone, and internet expenses.
- Competitive compensation package with stock options upon hiring and promotion.
- Extended equity exercise window to provide long-term flexibility.
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees and dependents.
- Flexible paid time off policy designed to support work-life balance and recharge time.
- Paid parental leave, including dedicated support for new parents.
- Opportunities to work on impactful security, infrastructure, and open source technology initiatives.
- Collaborative culture focused on ownership, trust, innovation, and continuous learning.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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