# Staff engineer, [team] · [city] or remote

We are hiring our [Nth] staff engineer. You will work across [N] teams and partner with [the CTO / a VP eng] on the technical direction of [the domain]. The team is [N] engineers. [How you operate]. [What you write].

## You will be good here if

- You have killed a project you originally argued for.
- You have changed a team's direction with a one-page doc.
- [The third trait you actually care about].

## What we use

[Languages, infra]. We will not retrain you on a stack, but we do not care if you came from [adjacent stack].

## Compensation

[Currency][low] to [high] base. [low] to [high] percent equity. We post the band because we mean it.

## How we hire

30-second post, screen + assessment via Picked, 20-min interview via Picked, one on-site half-day with two senior ICs plus an architectural review session. We aim to give a yes or no in 7 days.

## What is the rubric

Architecture judgement, influence without authority, project surgery, mentor instinct, curiosity. Not credentials.

That is the JD. Apply via [link] or just send a paragraph about the last project you killed.

[Your name], [your title]