Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Parloa is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape engineering strategy and architecture while remaining hands-on with code. This role involves building resilient, enterprise-grade systems that scale globally and setting benchmarks for engineering excellence. You will work closely with leadership to ensure engineering capacity aligns with market demands while driving org-wide technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver business value by writing code every day.
• Define and drive technical strategy across multiple teams and org-wide initiatives.
• Lead team architecture and ensure solutions scale globally for enterprise adoption.
• Balance short-term velocity with long-term resilience, making smart trade-offs on complexity, cost, and scalability.
• Remain hands-on - whether writing foundational code, leading design reviews, or refactoring key systems.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, ensuring engineering capacity matches market and customer demands.
• Set cultural standards for fearless iteration, bias for action, and pragmatic perfectionism.

Required skills

• TypeScript
• Node.js
• React
• Python
• FastAPI
• Kubernetes
• MongoDB
• Azure
• Kafka
• NATS

About the Company

Parloa is a company focused on making customer conversations effortless through agentic AI. They have powered over one billion interactions for global enterprise brands such as Booking.com, Allianz, and SAP, and are backed by investors including General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital.