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Grocery TV

Senior Staff Engineer - Golang

Austin, TX · On-site

$195K - $215K/yr

Senior Staff Engineer - Golang Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer - Golang Work Location: Austin, TX Reports to: Darrell Maples Level: 7 Salary Range: $195,000 - $215,000 About Grocery TV Grocery TV is ...

Stryker Group

Senior Staff Engineer

Irvine, CA · On-site

$118 - $196.60/hr

Stryker is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join our Peripheral Vascular (PV) team. In this role, you will serve as a Technical Lead, driving engineering initiatives across manufacturing. This is ...

Grocery TV

Senior Staff Engineer - Golang

Austin, TX · On-site

$195K - $215K/yr

Senior Staff Engineer - Golang Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer - Golang Work Location: Austin, TX Reports to: Darrell Maples Level: 7 Salary Range: $195,000 - $215,000 About Grocery TV Grocery TV is ...

GEICO

Sr Staff Engineer - AI Security

Seattle, WA · On-site

$130K - $178K/yr

The AI Sr Security Staff Engineer is a subject matter expert in defining the AI security strategy for GEICO as well as security requirements for AI and agentic applications, defining secure ...

Geico

Sr Staff Engineer - AI Security

Seattle, WA · On-site

$130K - $178K/yr

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Stryker

Senior Staff Engineer (Irvine)

Irvine, CA · On-site

$118K - $196K/yr

Senior Staff Engineer - Peripheral Vascular Stryker is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join our Peripheral Vascular (PV) team. In this role, you will serve as a Technical Lead, driving engineering ...

Geico

Sr Staff Engineer - AI Security

Bethesda, MD · On-site

$122K - $168K/yr

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Geico

Sr Staff Engineer - AI Security

Dallas, TX · On-site

$113K - $155K/yr

The AI Sr Security Staff Engineer is a subject matter expert in defining the AI security strategy for GEICO as well as security requirements for AI and agentic applications, defining secure ...

Geico

Sr Staff Engineer - AI Security

Palo Alto, CA · On-site

$134K - $184K/yr

The AI Sr Security Staff Engineer is a subject matter expert in defining the AI security strategy for GEICO as well as security requirements for AI and agentic applications, defining secure ...

GEICO

Senior Staff Engineer

Seattle, WA · On-site +1

$130K - $260K/yr

Senior Staff Engineer Team: Fault Tolerance & Disaster Recovery The Role: We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for fault-tolerant orchestration at ...

TERRACON

Senior Staff Engineer

Manhattan, KS · On-site

$88K - $121K/yr

... senior level professionals for routine projects. * Serve as a technical adviser to junior-level project team members. * Supervise field staff including graduate/field engineers, engineering ...

TERRACON

Senior Staff Engineer

Topeka, KS

$98K - $135K/yr

... senior level professionals for routine projects. * Serve as a technical adviser to junior-level project team members. * Supervise field staff including graduate/field engineers, engineering ...

TERRACON

Senior Staff Engineer

Topeka, KS · On-site

$98K - $135K/yr

... senior level professionals for routine projects. * Serve as a technical adviser to junior-level project team members. * Supervise field staff including graduate/field engineers, engineering ...

WEAVER CONSULTANTS GROUP

Staff Engineer

Sheboygan, WI · On-site

As our Staff Engineer you will take direction from and work beneath senior level staff. The ideal person for this position seeks a fast paced, challenging environment, a place to grow and improve ...

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As of Aug 8, 2026, the average yearly pay for senior staff engineer in the United States is $126,557.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $104,500.00 and $143,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Senior Staff Engineers are highly experienced technical professionals who play a pivotal role in guiding the technical direction of a company or organization. They possess deep expertise in their field and are responsible for architecting complex systems, mentoring other engineers, and influencing engineering best practices across teams. Unlike entry-level or mid-level engineers, Senior Staff Engineers often work on cross-functional projects and help shape long-term technical strategy. Their role typically involves both hands-on technical work and leadership activities, but without direct people management responsibilities.

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Senior Staff Engineer - Golang

Grocery TV

Austin, TX • On-site

$195K - $215K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO

Re-posted 27 days ago

Job description

Senior Staff Engineer - Golang
Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer - Golang
Work Location: Austin, TX
Reports to: Darrell Maples
Level: 7
Salary Range: $195,000 - $215,000
About Grocery TV
Grocery TV is a leading in-store retail media platform. Over 120 retailers partner with Grocery TV to modernize stores and drive incremental revenue while delivering a more engaging shopping experience. We manage the complexities of operating an in-store media network, allowing retailers to focus on serving customers. Reaching 1 in 4 Americans across 6,500+ stores, Grocery TV connects brands with shoppers at the moment of decision, where 90% of purchases take place. For more information, visit www.grocerytv.com.
About The Role
This engineer will play a critical role in scaling and hardening Grocery TV's backend systems as the platform continues to grow. This engineer will work across APIs, content delivery pipelines, and media network orchestration services to improve system resiliency, performance, and reliability. Operating at a Senior Staff Engineering level, this role is expected to lead and execute backend initiatives end-to-end, bring strong system design judgment, and translate business and product needs into durable technical solutions. This position partners closely with Product and other Software Engineers to ensure backend systems support both current execution and long-term platform strategy.
Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and maintain high-scale backend services using Go
  • Lead implementation of backend projects that improve system reliability, resiliency, and performance
  • Design and evolve API-first services that support customer-facing and internal applications
  • Contribute to system architecture and technical design for future initiatives
  • Partner with Product to scope, plan, and execute backend work aligned with business goals
  • Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks and reliability risks across distributed systems
  • Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support production systems
  • Collaborate closely with other engineers through pairing, design reviews, and code reviews
  • Drive operational excellence through observability, monitoring, and incident follow-ups
  • Proactively identify and implement process improvements in software development process
  • Be a champion for testing. Leading by example through unit and integration testing throughout projects

Requirements / Experience
  • 12+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
  • Strong proficiency in Go for building backend services
  • Experience designing and operating high-scale, high-volume backend systems
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts and tradeoffs
  • Experience building API-first services, including customer-facing APIs
  • Familiarity with system reliability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance strategies
  • Experience working with relational databases and data stores in production environments
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to reason about complex systems

Interview Process
  1. Apply: We review applications as soon as we can. You should hear back about your application within two weeks.
  2. Introduction to Hiring Manager: Meet with the hiring manager (virtually or in-person) to share your background, learn about the role, and align on logistics.
  3. Technical Interview Split in 2: Systems Design and Coding. Visit our office for a technical interview that relates to the role. You'll respond to a prompt, and our team will ask questions to better understand your skillset.
  4. Virtual Values Interview: Meet with two Grocery TV employees who you'll work cross functionally with to discuss team collaboration. This is a perfect opportunity for you to ask us questions, too!
  5. irtual Leadership Interview: Lastly, all candidates have a final interview with a member of the leadership team. This conversation gives you the opportunity to reflect on the interview process and affirm this is the right role for you.

Why Grocery TV?
100% medical, dental, vision coverage options for employees
$1200 annual HSA match
$1000 annual learning & development budget per employee
Unlimited PTO
16 Week Parental Leave for all new parents
Hybrid working model - 3x a week in office
DoorDash monthly lunch stipend
One $500 Work from home set up stipend
Awards & Recognition
Built In Best Of Awards .........
Best Place for Parents ........

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