Job Title: Staff Software Engineer

Company Name: Agiloft

Job Url: https://jobs.lever.co/agiloft/a7c6147b-8e05-4125-af19-112094c30676?lever-origin=applied&lever-source%5B%5D=jobright&jr_id=697bcad70b88cc7d64229877

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to own and evolve the architecture of major backend components of Agiloft’s CLM Core platform with end-to-end accountability. This role operates at the platform and organizational level, with accountability for architectural outcomes, long-term system health, and engineering leverage across teams.
You will partner closely with the Engineering leadership, senior engineers, and product leaders to translate business strategy into durable architectural direction and executable technical plans. A core focus of this role is to lead the adoption and enablement of AI-driven software development capabilities, shaping how AI tools are used to accelerate extension development, improve maintainability, and reduce long-term operational and technical friction.
 
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines deep technical expertise with broad influence. Your work will directly shape Agiloft’s technical roadmap, developer experience, and the future evolution of the platform.
Job Responsibilities
Architecture Ownership & Stewardship
Own the architecture of one or more critical backend platform domains, with responsibility for design integrity, evolution, and technical debt management over time.
Act as the architectural steward, ensuring systems remain coherent, extensible, secure, and maintainable as product and customer demands evolve.
Define architectural boundaries, extension points, and contracts that enable independent evolution of platform components.
Strategic Technical Leadership
Lead the planning and execution of architecture- and code changes that improve scalability, extensibility, reliability, and developer productivity.
Ensure maintenance of the no-code principal in all platform extensions that are under your stewardship
Translate architectural vision into mid- and long-term technical roadmaps, balancing near-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability.
Drive cross-team alignment on architectural direction, standards, and trade-offs, influencing without direct authority.
 AI-Forward Engineering Enablement
Champion a forward-leaning adoption of AI-assisted software engineering, shaping how AI tools are used across design, implementation, testing, refactoring, and maintenance.
Design platform components and extension frameworks that are AI-friendly by design, enabling automated reasoning, safer modifications, and faster iteration.
Collaborate with senior engineers and with engineering leadership to define best practices and guardrails for responsible, secure, and effective use of AI tools within the SDLC.
Continuously evaluate emerging AI capabilities and integrate those that provide material improvements in engineering leverage and system quality.
Engineering Excellence & Developer Experience
Set and uphold high standards for code quality, testing, observability, security, and operational excellence.
Drive improvements to internal developer experience, including tooling, CI/CD pipelines, documentation, and architectural guidance.
Ensure that architectural decisions are well-documented, discoverable, and actionable for engineering teams.
Mentorship & Organizational Impact
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, raising the overall bar for architectural thinking and system design.
Serve as a technical multiplier—unblocking teams, accelerating decision-making, and reducing long-term complexity.
Communicate complex technical and architectural concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Stay ahead of industry trends in platform engineering, AI-enabled development, and cloud-native architectures, and drive pragmatic adoption where it delivers clear business value.
Other duties as assigned.