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Staff Software Engineer (Front-end)

Builders at Gigs
Location
London, Berlin, Amsterdam
Posted
13 days ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Experience developing, running, and maintaining distributed systems and event-driven architectures at scale
  • Strong operational instincts regarding observability, failure modes, alerting, and graceful degradation
  • Experience navigating and rationalizing polyglot environments
  • Experience with agentic AI development and understanding of when AI is appropriate
  • Track record of driving technical outcomes across teams without direct authority
  • Ability to mentor and improve the skills of other engineers
Nice to have
  • Experience in telecom, payments, or multi-market API platforms
  • Familiarity with any of our stack (React, TypeScript, Next.js, Ruby, Go)
  • Experience at companies during a similar scaling phase (50 → 200 engineers)
  • Background in domain-driven design or platform/product boundary work
What the job really is

As a Staff Software Engineer (Front-end) at Gigs, you will design and evolve cross-cutting architectures, focusing on event-driven systems and multi-carrier integrations. You will also raise operational excellence standards, mentor senior engineers, and contribute to the technical strategy while shipping production code. Your role will involve collaborating across teams to ensure robust systems and processes are in place, particularly in a complex telecom environment.

Benefits
  • Competitive compensation
  • Stock options
  • Stipends for home office or work setup
  • Budget for learning and development
  • Free phone and international data plan
Things to weigh
  • Salary range is stated as €/£125,000 - €150,000
  • Emphasis on in-person collaboration with some flexibility for remote work
  • Role involves navigating complex regulatory and technical challenges in telecom
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