Staff Engineer at Walnut

Walnut, a fast-growing startup in the sales automation space, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to become a technical leader and shape its engineering culture and architecture. The Staff Software Engineer will mentor other engineers and drive technical excellence within the company. Responsibilities

• Leading the architectural design and implementation of complex features
• Driving technical excellence by establishing best practices
• Mentoring and providing technical guidance to engineering teams
• Collaborating with product and engineering leadership
• Identifying and resolving systemic technical issues
• Contributing to high-level technical decisions
• Leading complex refactoring efforts
• Representing engineering in cross-functional initiatives
• Championing innovation

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Expertise in frontend architecture and modern JavaScript frameworks (especially React)
• Extensive experience with at least one backend programming language, preferably in functional paradigms (Elixir, ReScript, Haskell, etc.)
• Experience architecting and implementing large-scale distributed systems
• Ability to break down complex technical challenges into manageable components
• Experience mentoring engineers and elevating the technical capabilities of teams
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly
• Ability to balance engineering excellence with business priorities
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and navigate technical uncertainty
• Passion for creating scalable, maintainable solutions
• Embrace remote-first collaboration with asynchronous communication and documentation

Benefits