Staff Software Engineer, Core Engineering

Job title: Staff Software Engineer, Core Engineering

About the Role At Mindbody, Core Engineering builds and evolves foundational systems that power scalable products. In this staff role, you’ll provide architecture direction, lead cross-team execution, and strengthen how we design and operate backend services that power real-world experiences. You’ll partner with engineering and product leaders to translate ambiguous problems into clear technical plans and milestones.

What You'll Do

• Lead cross-team technical execution, aligning architecture and delivery across squads and core domains
• Design and evolve microservices patterns that improve reliability, performance, and maintainability
• Drive cloud and deployment improvements across AWS, Mindbody’s cloud platform, and containerized deployment environment
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing, and practical guidance
• Establish and socialize standards for service design, APIs, and relational data modeling (SQL)
• Strengthen monitoring and operational visibility using New Relic and Kibana, turning insights into durable system improvements
• Reduce technical risk and balance near-term delivery with long-term architecture health

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including leading technical direction across teams through architecture proposals and design reviews
• Experience building and operating microservices in production environments with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability
• Hands-on experience with AWS and containerized deployment environments
• Working knowledge of monitoring and logging practices using New Relic and Kibana
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational data modeling for high-integrity systems
• Comfort working across a multi-language backend ecosystem (ASP.NET, Python, C#, Ruby) and collaborating with web teams and front-end technologies (Next.js, React)
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $170,000 – $250,000 USD per year
• The total compensation package may include a performance bonus, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans
• The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; we value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply