Staff Software Engineer

About Eightpoint
Eightpoint is an internet technology company specializing in the agile development of products and content that address real-world interests, captivating users and driving significant growth for partners. With offices in the United States and Cayman Islands, Eightpoint collaborates with partners globally on the next generation of user-centric offerings. Our growing ecosystem includes innovative products like Weather Now, a sleek app that delivers real-time forecasts with clarity and ranks among the top three most-used weather apps in the U.S.; Check Heart Rate Now, a quick and easy wellness monitor; and Wave Browser, a powerful and secure way to search the web. Every product we launch is designed to engage users, enhance daily life, and deliver real-world value. Backed by data and driven by a relentless commitment to quality, Eightpoint moves fast, thinks big, and builds digital experiences that people love.
Our innovative culture thrives on collaboration, data-driven decisions, and a startup mindset. Join our team and enjoy top-tier benefits, unlimited PTO, flexible schedules, free lunches, and the opportunity to work alongside a world-class team of professionals.
About the Role
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical anchor across our engineering teams. This role goes beyond writing code; you will shape how we build, influence architecture decisions across products, and elevate the engineers around you. You’ll operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise and organizational leadership, helping define standards, remove systemic blockers, and drive outcomes that span team boundaries.
Our web backend services are built across JavaScript, C#, and Go, while our flagship product Wave Browser is built on the Chromium project; a large-scale C++ codebase with its own toolchain and build system. Experience with a large-scale C++ code-base is a plus; we care far more about your ability to reason through complexity, identify the right patterns, and recognize when a shortcut today becomes a liability tomorrow.
What You’ll Do
Technical Leadership
Own and drive architecture decisions for complex, cross-cutting systems
Define and enforce engineering standards patterns, anti-patterns, code quality, and system design
Conduct architecture reviews and provide high-signal feedback across teams
Identify and resolve technical debt before it compounds
Organizational Impact
Partner with engineering managers and team leads to unblock teams and improve delivery velocity
Mentor and grow senior engineers; actively invest in the technical depth of the org
Bridge the gap between teams surfacing dependencies, aligning on shared infrastructure, and reducing duplication
Contribute to hiring by defining bar-raising interview criteria and participating in technical evaluations
Strategic Influence
Translate business goals into technical strategy and vice versa
Participate in roadmap planning with a long-horizon view on scalability, maintainability, and risk
Advocate for platform investments that pay dividends across multiple products
Communicate technical direction clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Who You Are
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated growth into senior or staff-level scope
Deep understanding of software design patterns and anti-patterns; knowing not just what to build, but what to avoid and why
Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and systems design at scale
Experience driving architecture across multiple teams or services
Ability to navigate and contribute across polyglot architectures; comfortable reasoning about tradeoffs when systems are built in different languages, runtimes, and paradigms, and capable of making sound technical decisions without requiring a single-stack rewrite
Proven ability to influence without authority and lead through technical credibility
Fluency in at least one strongly typed, imperative language (C++, C#, Java, Rust, Go, etc.)
Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
Preferred Skills
Experience with C++ in a large-scale codebase (Chromium experience is a strong plus)
Familiarity with JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or other languages used across a full-stack ecosystem
Experience working on browser technology, system software, or native desktop applications

Work arrangement
Yes