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Senior Software Engineer, Docs Product

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Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Level
Senior
Department
Software Development
Experience
4+ years experience
Posted
Sep 3, 2026

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical design and architecture of major platform initiatives, author design documents and build consensus across engineering teams.
  • Define technical roadmaps for complex, multi-quarter projects that span multiple teams.
  • Make critical architectural decisions for company documentation infrastructure, balancing scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
  • Evaluate and set direction for integrating emerging technologies, including AI/LLM capabilities, into company documentation platforms and authoring tools.
  • Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices and technical guidelines for the team and broader organization.
  • Partner with engineering teams across the company to understand documentation needs and design integrated solutions.
  • Design, build and maintain scalable, reliable and performant services and systems.
  • Contribute high-quality code across the full stack and navigate codebases with different languages and tools.
  • Debug and resolve complex production issues and improve system reliability.
  • Take ownership of system health and incident response.

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related field, plus four (4) years of experience in Software Engineering.

Must have four (4) years of experience in each of the following:

  • Working in a full stack environment with a focus on Ruby, Java, Typescript or Bazel;
  • Working as a technical lead for large projects; defining roadmaps for projects that span >6 months and across several teams;

Must have two (2) years of experience in each of the following:

  • Authoring and reviewing technical design documents and driving architectural decisions for complex systems while collaborating with junior colleagues;
  • Building and scaling automated testing and validation frameworks;
  • Designing and implementing persistent data models using MongoDB; and
  • Implementing emerging technical standards for AI/LLMs.

Salary: $190,400 - $285,600/yr This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

50% Telecommuting permitted.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.