Staff Software Engineer

Role Summary We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to influence, elevate, and accelerate an entire product area. You’re someone who can dive into complex distributed systems, design scalable architectures, and still enjoy rolling up your sleeves to ship high‑quality code. You’ve led modernization efforts, improved developer experience, and helped teams adopt better patterns at scale. As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll shape the next generation of digital forensics collaboration tools used by agencies around the world. Our mission is to help investigators, analysts, and stakeholders work together more effectively in high‑stakes environments, and your technical leadership will directly impact that mission. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role. You’ll guide engineering direction, influence cross‑team decisions, and help the team adopt modern practices, including the thoughtful use of AI throughout the SDLC and product experience. NOTE: Candidates must reside in The United States or Canada. Why You’ll Love This Role? Your impact is immediate and far‑reaching. The systems you design will support investigations where minutes matter. You’ll solve meaningful technical challenges. Distributed systems, large‑scale data processing, and performance optimization. You’ll elevate the team. Through mentorship, architectural guidance, and leading by example, you’ll help engineers deliver their best work. You’ll help shape how AI is used responsibly and effectively across our product and engineering practices. Required Skills 8+ years of professional software development experience, ideally across both backend (C# or similar) and frontend (React or similar). 4+ years of experience shipping pragmatic SaaS solutions to production, balancing technical vision with delivery. Strong architectural skills: distributed systems, API design, data modeling, and secure system design. Excellent mentorship and leadership skills, with the ability to guide and challenge senior developers. Hands‑on experience deploying and operating services in Kubernetes, including containerization, scaling, and troubleshooting. Proficiency with relational and/or distributed data stores (MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, etc.). Clear and confident communication: you can explain tradeoffs, document patterns, and build trust across Engineering, Product, and UX. You influence hands‑on technical work, demonstrating new approaches, validating them in practice, and guiding teams as they adopt them. Enthusiasm and experience for using agentic AI and other modern practices as a key part of the SDLC. Nice To Have Skills Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, Argo). Experience building secure systems in high‑security or regulated environments. Familiarity with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry). Experience with domain‑driven design and modular architecture. Understanding of AI systems, including LLM architectures, token generation, and MCP frameworks. The Compensation Range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. Please note that the actual compensation may vary depending on location and job‑related factors such as qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location and you are selected for an interview, the Talent Acquisition Partner can share more information with you. If the compensation structure for the role includes an incentive component (ie. most Sales roles) the range below represents total target compensation (TTC) (base salary + variable). Compensation Range MIN: $154,000 - MID: $220,000 - MAX: $264,000 USD MIN: $137,900 - MID: $197,000 - MAX: $236,400 CAD Benefits Competitive Compensation Reward and Recognition Programs Employee Committees & Resource Groups Healthcare and Retirement Benefits The Most Important Thing We’re looking for candidates that can provide examples of how they have demonstrated Magnet CODE in their previous experiences: CARE – We care about each other and our mission to make a difference in the world. OWN – We are accountable for our results – while never forgetting to act with integrity, empathy, and respect. DEDICATE – We put our heart and soul into meeting the needs of our customers and helping them serve the people they protect. EVOLVE – We are constantly innovating and exploring new ways to work together to make an impact with our work. Here at Magnet Forensics, we are committed to continuous learning and are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. This commitment will be reflected in our hiring processes and embedded in our values and how we treat one another. If you’re interested in this role, but do not meet all of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply anyways. Magnet Forensics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and work environment. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request throughout the hiring process. Please contact should you require any accommodations. All offers of employment at Magnet are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check. All background checks will be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws. Magnet will consider each position’s job duties, among other factors, in determining what constitutes satisfactory completion of the background check. Refusal to consent to a background check may be grounds for revoking an offer of employment. US Applicants Magnet Forensics participates in E‑Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I‑9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Seniority level Seniority level: Not Applicable Employment type Employment type: Full‑time Job function Industries: Security and Investigations and Computer and Network Security #J-18808-Ljbffr