Staff Software Engineer

About this role

# Staff Software Engineer @ Tilt

Tilt (check us out here) is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our team and help us scale our business. Tilt is at an inflection point, our core application has taken us far, and now it's time to evolve it. We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to lead that evolution: someone who can deeply understand complex systems, challenge the status quo, and turn architectural vision into practical, shipped reality. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll write code, build proofs of concept, and set the bar for how we design, build, and scale systems, leading through clarity, execution, and mentorship. This position is a full-time role reporting to our CTO. Below is a description of your role and responsibilities, including the things you will be held accountable for and the virtues, behaviors and competencies that are expected for this role.

Responsibilities will include:

Strategic Partnership & Problem Shaping

• Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to identify, frame, and drive resolution of high-impact business and technical blockers
• Proactively surface opportunities across systems, product, and processes using data signals, domain expertise, and observed gaps
• Convene and lead cross-functional discussions (Product, Design, Engineering, Data) to ideate solutions, align on direction, and drive informed trade-off decisions
• Translate ambiguous or loosely defined problem spaces into clear technical strategies, influencing roadmap priorities and sequencing
• Act as a force multiplier by connecting initiatives across teams, ensuring alignment, reducing duplication, and accelerating progress toward strategic goals
• Shapes not only what gets built, but why and when, ensuring engineering effort is consistently aligned with business outcomes

Architecture & Technical Strategy

• Leads the evolution of system architecture (e.g., monolith-to-services) with a clear, pragmatic roadmap
• Designs sca...