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Staff Engineer, Composer Platform

Virtual Vocations Inc, New York, NY, USA

Job type: Full Time


Staff Engineer, Composer Platform will provide technical leadership for a core CMS platform, focusing on architectural modernization, platform scalability, and long-term engineering strategy in a full-time, remote role.
Key Responsibilities

Define and lead technical strategy, architecture, and modernization initiatives for the Composer platform
Drive decoupling and migration efforts from legacy application dependencies while maintaining platform stability
Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and operational resilience

Required Qualifications

At least 12 years of experience as Staff Engineer or senior-level individual contributor supporting large-scale production platforms
Strong experience with Ruby/Rails or comparable backend application frameworks
Experience leading modernization, migration, or architectural decoupling initiatives
Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and application resiliency principles
Experience with observability tools, monitoring frameworks, and alerting strategies