Staff Software Engineer

About The Role

PEI Group is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our engineering team in New York. You'll work closely with engineers across PEI Group build out the next generation of our global infrastructure: the platforms and services that power our application across regions and teams.

This is a hands-on technical role. You'll shape architecture and help set engineering standards.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate backend services and infrastructure that scale across PEI Group's global footprint
• Shape system architecture for the next generation of PEI's global platforms and services, working across regions and teams
• Write clear technical specifications up front and drive work from spec through implementation, testing, and release
• Partner with product, platform, and engineering leads to translate business needs into well-scoped technical plans
• Help set and raise engineering standards and best practices across the engineering team
• Lead design discussions and explain technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• Stay hands-on in the codebase, contributing across the stack using languages such as Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, PHP, and Python
• Improve the reliability and visibility of services through strong use of observability tooling

About You

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience working with a variety of programming languages including node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, PHP, and Python
• Understanding of observability tooling
• Strong communication skills: you can write a clear spec, lead a design discussion, and explain trade-offs to non-engineers.
• Experience with TypeScript, Cloud Platform CWS, infrastructure-as-code, spec-driven development, and Headless CMS is highly desirable.

Benefits:

• 24 days of annual leave (increasing with tenure), plus 9 paid holidays
• 56 hours of sick leave and the last week of the year off globally
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Nationwide medical coverage through anthem blue cross blue shield, with at least one plan covered at no cost for you and your dependants
• Dental, vision, FSA & HSA options, plus voluntary benefits (commuter, disability, legal and pet insurance)
• 401k with 3% employer match through Empower – eligible from day one – no wait period
• 4 paid volunteer days per year and access to EAP and Health Advocate resources
• Participation in our Employee Incentive Reward plan (EIRP), with unit allocations tied to a future private equity exit