Staff Engineer

We're looking for a Staff Engineer to serve as a senior technical leader within our Platform Engineering team. This role is for an experienced engineer who excels at architecting distributed systems, building developer platforms, and driving technical direction across teams.

You'll be leading through technical expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on engineering.

• Design and build core platform capabilities on AWS that enable scalability, reliability, and developer autonomy.

• Lead large-scale architectural initiatives, ensuring alignment with company-wide technical strategy.

• Develop high-quality, production-grade software — language agnostic, with a focus on choosing the right tool for the job.

• Collaborate closely with other teams to identify pain points, design reusable components, and unify patterns across services.

• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code walkthroughs, and deep technical discussions.

• Champion automation, observability, and resilience in all areas of platform design.

• Build and maintain automated testing infrastructure to enable efficient QA processes and improve software quality across teams.

• Establish best practices for system design, deployment, security, and testing infrastructure across Second Nature's engineering ecosystem.

Required:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive work with distributed systems and large-scale applications.

• Deep expertise in AWS, including experience with core services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudFormation, IAM, etc.).

• Strong programming skills — able to write clean, maintainable, and performant code in one or more languages (e.g., Go, Python, Java, Node.js, etc.).

• Proven ability to drive technical architecture and standards across multiple teams.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, observability, infrastructure as code, and cloud security best practices.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence decisions through technical credibility.

• Passion for platform reliability, developer productivity, and system performance.

Nice to Have:

• Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service infrastructure

• Strong DevOps background with experience in Terraform/Terragrunt

• Experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks and QA infrastructure at scale

• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and ECS

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Datadog

• Proficiency with AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf) to enhance development velocity

• AWS Professional certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) or AWS Specialty certifications (Security, Advanced Networking)

• Active participation in open source or personal projects.

We get it. Requirements can sometimes hold people back from applying to a job, but don't let that be the case here. If you believe you have the skills it takes to elevate this role, team, and company, we encourage you to apply for this role.

We're thrilled about the transformative potential of AI innovation and its ability to drive progress at Second Nature. As we continue to explore and integrate AI into our workflows, we're eager to learn how you've embraced and implemented AI in your professional journey. In the interview process, we look forward to hearing about your experiences and exploring how we can collectively leverage AI technology to accelerate our growth.

• Pirate Ship; not a cruise ship. Bias towards action.

• Massive Growth takes massive growth. We embrace challenges to increase our impact.

• Grow the Pie. We focus on results so our customers & their customers win. Triple Win!

• Purple Heart. We put the team before ourselves.

• Extreme Ownership. See something? Say something; right the ship to get us back on course.

• Be a moment maker. We aim to shatter the status quo.

This position is a remote-first, work from home position. Second Nature is committed to creating a culture and workplace where remote work fosters collaboration and connections and is a key part of our company story and success. To be successful in a remote work role at Second Nature you must:

• Be available during your set working hours and able to give your full attention to the completion of your Second Nature job duties

• Have a quiet, professional, distraction-free environment in which to complete your work

• Have access to your own reliable high-speed internet connection

• Attend our bi-annual in-person company meetings (Second Nature will reimburse the cost of your business travel per company guidelines)

• Health First: Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance; 401K Plan

• Location: Work Remotely from anywhere in the US

• Flexibility: Open PTO and sick days

• The Product: Beyond the awards and 5-star reviews... our clients and customers love what they can do with a fully managed RBP

• Diverse, Inclusive Culture: We embrace employees from all backgrounds with openness and respect

• Training: A supportive team to help you grow your career and unlock your full potential

• Growth: The opportunity to shape the future of our Platform Enablement organization as we scale from hundred to thousands of employees

Second Nature is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We take action to ensure equal employment opportunities for all candidates and employees and to provide employees with a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. Our hiring decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by federal and/or state law.