The Staff Software Engineer is an unique and vital role within Madison Reed that supports each line of business. The Staff Software Engineer role involves designing and leading the development of complex, scalable systems, driving technical strategy, and contributing to the organization’s long-term architectural vision. Working in a cross-functional, agile environment, the engineer collaborates with teammates, product owners, and stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions, mentor engineers at all levels, and influence technical direction across multiple teams while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

This role reports to the team’s Engineering Manager is full time and remote. While remote, this role may travel up to 10% of the time including but not limited to team meetings, Quarterly Business meetings, & company-sponsored events.

The base salary range for this position is between 155,000 and 175,000. At Madison Reed, we aim to pay competitively. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Responsibilities:

• Design and lead the implementation of scalable, maintainable, and extensible architecture across multiple teams and domains.
• Drive technical strategy by identifying opportunities for innovation and leading the adoption of new technologies, tools, and practices.
• Take ownership of large, ambiguous technical initiatives and break them down into actionable workstreams for multiple teams.
• Mentor engineers at all levels, fostering technical growth and promoting best practices across the organization.
• Lead efforts to refactor and optimize large areas of the codebase, ensuring alignment with business goals and long-term scalability.
• Identify and resolve systemic issues, proposing and implementing strategies to improve system reliability, performance, and security.
• Use advanced observability and debugging tools to troubleshoot complex production issues and optimize systems across teams.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to align technical solutions with business priorities and long-term vision.
• Drive alignment across multiple stakeholders on technical decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within and across teams.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of professional development experience
• 6+ years of professional JavaScript experience (Node.js, React, Vue)
• Extensive expertise in designing and implementing large-scale, complex software systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security.
• Proven ability to lead and influence technical direction across multiple teams, with experience in system architecture and strategic decision-making.
• Advanced knowledge of performance optimization, observability, and debugging tools in production systems.
• Deep understanding of secure coding practices, including the ability to anticipate and mitigate security vulnerabilities in code and architecture.
• Exceptional leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and guide engineers across all levels of experience.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders and effectively represent technical vision at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated success in driving cross-team initiatives and delivering impactful solutions to meet organizational goals.
• Experience implementing and fostering a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and make decisions in complex, high-pressure situations with a balance of technical and business considerations.

Big on Benefits

The Perks? Glad you asked…

• 100% Company Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision (100% EE/50% DEP)
• 100% Company Paid Short and Long Term Disability
• 401k Participation and Equity Grants
• Continuing Education Contributions
• HSA Employer Contributions and FSA Options
• Parental Leave Program
• Commuter Benefits
• Responsible Paid Time Off Program
• Complimentary Madison Reed Products + Discounts on Hair Color Bar Services
• Company sponsored events
• But wait, there’s more…

We are Madison Reed.

We’re disrupting a $50 billion industry.

Since 2013, we’ve offered our clients the option to truly own their beauty with a revolutionary choice—your place or ours? Home or Hair Color Bar? Our professional hair color is truly omnichannel, with the option to order or subscribe through our website, pick up in-store at our Hair Color Bars, or make an appointment at one of our Hair Color Bar locations (over 20 & growing). At our Hair Color Bars, clients can choose from a variety of color services from licensed cosmetologists—permanent hair color, roots only, hair gloss, highlights and more. With our men’s line launched in 2020, we’re shaking up the $50 billion hair care industry with products that continue to raise the bar for doing hair at home.

We live our values.

Here at our San Francisco headquarters and in every Hair Color Bar, we truly live our values—Love, Joy, Courage, Responsibility, and Trust. Our values inform everything we do, from how we treat our clients to how we treat every member of our fast-growing team. Our founder & CEO, Amy Errett, has fostered a one-of-a-kind culture based on transparency, accountability, and fun; where diversity and inclusion are of utmost importance and every team member feels supported to succeed.

We are hair color that breaks the rules.

Our commitment to the ultimate client experience, paired with our dedication to product innovation and the latest beauty technology, has attracted a devoted, consistently-growing base of fans, converts, and color evangelists. We love what we do—and it shows.

Join us in our mission to live life colorfully and make personal care more personal.

Information for Recruiters: Madison Reed only accepts resumes directly from candidates. Madison Reed does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing vendors, including recruitment agencies and/or search firms, and does not pay fees to any such vendors for any unsolicited resumes.

Madison Reed. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to recruiting, training, compensating and promoting our employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender or any other protected classes as required by applicable law that might make us unique or different. As a company, we are dedicated to reflecting the diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion found in the communities we serve. Inclusion is at the heart of what we do, from the way we craft our job descriptions, to the values we espouse daily.