Staff Engineer

This role is not open to visa sponsorship or transfer of visa sponsorship including those on OPT and STEM-EXT OPT, nor is it available to work corp-to-corp. 

Red Ventures Home is working to build best-in-class technology focused on connecting our highly valuable mover audience with our portfolio of home services. As a Red Ventures company, we have more than 20 years of experience building strategic, long-standing relationships with some of the world’s most powerful brands across industries like telecom, home security, real estate, and entertainment.

The Home team is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to join our growing Engineering Team. The Staff Engineer role requires breadth and depth of expertise (a "comb-shaped" skills profile) across a broad range of technologies. We strive to help our teams grow their expertise in these areas, both individually and in group settings.The right candidate for this role will be highly-organized and collaborative; with a passion for solving problems cross-functionally. But you won't do it alone — you'll have a collaborative cross-disciplinary team working with you.

Primary Responsibilities:

• A primary responsibility for this role will be architecting a highly available and scalable sales platform and its configurator
• Defining and exemplifying best practices on the following topics
• Typescript
• Next.js
• OpenNext and SST
• Node.js
• GraphQL
• Software architecture, resilience, and scalability
• Monitoring and observability
• Software development lifecycle
• Coding standards
• Quality assurance
• Active pair-programming with teammates when they need help
• Participate in formal and informal code and architecture reviews
• Add to a culture that loves experimentation, Agile development, and intellectual curiosity
• Be part of building a positive team environment

Representative Projects:

The following examples illustrate the types of projects this role will be responsible for:

• Architect ION as a highly scalable and resilient sales platform web application
• ION takes a customer’s information, runs serviceability across all service providers, merchandises the results and provides them to a sales professional.  The sales professional then adds one or multiple products to a basket for the customer and then performs individual checkout for each of the products in the basket.
• Architect the ION sales platform flow configurator
• This provides scripting configuration such as disclosures to read to the sales professionals as they go through the sales process
• Architect tooling to make the ION sales platform available to ACU SaaS clients
• We enable other companies to use ION outside of Red Ventures to make sales.

Core Technical Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in hands-on development
• 7+ years of experience with Typescript, Next.js, Node.js
• 7+ years of experience architecting, implementing, and enhancing performant web applications available to global users
• Mastery of: 
• Typescript
• Next.js
• OpenNext and SST
• GraphQL
• Telephony - Genesys / Twilio or other SaaS telephony platform
• Monitoring and observability - New Relic or other platform
• Event driven architecture
• AWS (Lambda, ECS, Dynamo)
• Databricks or other data warehouses and pipelines
• AI first mindset to push the boundaries of software development, developer thought partnership, and next level automation
• Someone who develops not just for now but for the future
• Knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Creative problem solving skills

Architecture & Leadership Skills 

• Deep knowledge of software architecture, system design, and scalability principles. 
• Experience leading technical strategy and mentoring both senior engineers and managers. 
• Skilled in balancing business objectives with technical execution. 
• Effective communicator who drives clarity, alignment, and constructive collaboration across teams. 

Mindset & Values

• Strategic thinker with a “get it done” attitude and commitment to quality. 
• Passion for solving complex technical challenges at scale. 
• Excited about innovation, especially AI-driven development and emerging technologies. 
• Commitment to building an inclusive, collaborative, and growth-oriented culture

Compensation:

• Cash Compensation Range: $130,000 - $190,000 per year

*Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications, and experience 

Additionally, the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures, subject to eligibility requirements.

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe time to rest and recharge is essential.  That’s why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy.  Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually, with an increase to 25 days after five years of service.

Who We Are:

Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology, including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, BestColleges and more. Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life’s most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.

At Red Ventures, we believe diverse, inclusive teams are better. To help you better understand our core values and beliefs, we encourage you to watch this brief YouTube video: Our Belief Statements. This will give you insight into the principles that guide our work and our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.

 We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.

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