Staff Software Engineer

Location: Remote (Europe & LatAm)
Team: Engineering

At Mixmax, we're helping revenue teams work smarter, move faster, and deliver outstanding customer experiences — all without the busywork. Our platform powers thousands of go-to-market teams to close more deals through automation, insights, and seamless communication.

We're looking for a Staff Engineer who thrives in fast-moving environments and wants to make a direct impact from day one. This role goes far beyond writing code — you’ll shape technical direction, drive architectural evolution, and influence product outcomes alongside your peers in product, design, and engineering.

You move with urgency and clarity. You care about clean systems, strong documentation, and the people you work with. You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and excited to help build scalable, event-driven systems that power Mixmax as we grow.

🚀 Outcomes

In Your First 3 Months

• Build deep familiarity with our systems, architecture, and key product domains

• Contribute production-ready code to high-impact projects

• Participate in architectural discussions around event-driven system evolution

• Collaborate closely with PMs, Designers, and EMs to align technical work with business goals

• Begin mentoring engineers and identifying areas to improve quality and velocity

In Your First 6 Months

• Lead complex initiatives spanning multiple teams or systems

• Drive progress on our transition from a monolith to an event-driven, serverless architecture (EventBridge, Lambdas, DynamoDB)

• Champion reliability, maintainability, and performance across our stack

• Influence long-term technical decisions through code, reviews, and RFCs

• Help level up the team through mentoring, pairing, and clear communication

💼 What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead high-impact engineering initiatives and contribute to product strategy

• Architect, design, and build scalable and secure systems across backend and frontend

• Work cross-functionally to ensure technical decisions support real customer value

• Guide our migration to event-driven architecture with modern AWS tooling

• Elevate engineering standards through mentorship, documentation, and best practices

• Support hiring, onboarding, and team development as we scale

• Partner with PMs and designers to deliver product experiences that work beautifully

🧠 What We’re Looking For

• Experience building and shipping complex systems at startups or growth-stage companies

• Strong backend skills with Node.js and TypeScript, with comfort across the stack

• Familiarity with MongoDB and modern AWS tools (EventBridge, Lambda, DynamoDB)

• Pragmatic mindset — you balance technical excellence with speed and business impact

• Experience leading initiatives end-to-end, from concept to production

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, especially in remote teams

• Passion for performance, reliability, and clean, maintainable code

• Comfort mentoring engineers and helping grow a healthy, high-velocity team

• Curiosity around AI tooling and interest in integrating intelligent systems

🌟 Nice to Have

• Experience working on distributed, event-driven architectures

• Exposure to infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)

• Background working on communication, automation, or productivity tools

• Hands-on involvement with AI-enhanced product features

🧩 Core Competencies

• 🧭 Technical Strategy & Architecture – You define scalable solutions aligned with long-term vision.

• 🔨 Execution & Ownership – You lead initiatives, unblock teams, and deliver reliably at scale.

• 🌀 Comfort with Ambiguity – You bring structure to the unknown and move forward decisively.

• 📐 Systems Thinking & Code Craft – You design for maintainability, performance, and clarity.

• 🤝 Cross-Functional Collaboration – You align engineering efforts with product outcomes and business goals.

• 📈 Impact Orientation – You care about what gets built, why it matters, and how it performs in the wild.

• 🧬 AI-Native Thinking – You explore where intelligent systems can provide real customer value.

• 🗣️ Clear, Confident Communication – You document, discuss, and guide with empathy and clarity.

💜 Why Mixmax?

• Remote-first, async-friendly team with global teammates

• A product-led company with strong traction and ambitious goals

• High-impact work, high-ownership culture, and room to grow

• Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and flexible time off