Staff Software Engineer I (Pod Architecture Team)

Job Description

Why Housecall Pro?Help us build solutions that build better lives. At Housecall Pro, we show up to work every day to make a difference for real people: the home service professionals that support America’s 100 million homes. We’re all about the Pro, and dedicate our days to helping them streamline operations, scale their businesses, and, ultimately, save time so they can be with their families and live well.While our headquarters are based in Denver, Colorado, our team spans the globe, with teammates across Brazil, Poland, the Philippines, Mexico, and beyond. We care deeply about our customers and foster a culture where our company, people and Pros grow and succeed together, no matter where they’re based. Leadership is as focused on growing team members’ careers as they expect their teams to be on creating solutions for Pros. Compensation: 8 200 - 9 700 USD per month (B2B) We also offer:100% remote workPaid holidays and flexible, take-it-as-you-need-it scheduled time offA culture built on innovation that values big ideas, no matter where they come fromA MacBook set up and ready from day one, plus a $500 stipend to design your ideal workspaceCentral European Time (CET) hours to support a balanced schedule for our Poland-based teamEquity in a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier VCs Role Overview: As a Staff Software Engineer I on the Pod Architecture Team, you play a key role in one of HCP’s most important engineering initiatives: evolving our core application architecture to support the company’s continued growth. You help transform a large Ruby monolith toward a more scalable and resilient architecture by evaluating and applying approaches such as service extraction, sharding, and pod- or cell-based architecture.You dive deeply into product domains to understand their technical complexities, dependencies, and business context. You partner with engineering teams to identify appropriate architectural patterns, guide technical decisions, and support implementation through execution. Your impact extends beyond writing code as you serve as a technical advisor who helps teams navigate complex architectural tradeoffs and establish scalable solutions.You operate effectively in a highly collaborative environment, solving complex architectural problems, navigating ambiguity and changing priorities, and influencing technical direction across teams. Through this work, you help shape HCP’s future architecture while developing broad expertise across our platform and product domains.Our team is passionate, empathetic, hard working, and above all else focused on improving the lives of our service professionals (our Pros). Our success is their success. What you do each day:Design and implement scalable software solutions that support the evolution of HCP’s core application architectureEvaluate architectural approaches including service extraction, sharding, and pod- or cell-based architecture based on product and platform needsPartner with engineering teams to understand product domains, system dependencies, technical constraints, and business requirementsGuide architectural decisions and help teams evaluate tradeoffs related to scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainabilityDevelop technical patterns, prototypes, and implementation approaches that support architectural transformationCollaborate with engineers, product managers, and other cross-functional partners to align architecture decisions with product and business objectivesReview code and technical designs and provide actionable guidance that strengthens engineering quality and consistencyTroubleshoot complex system issues and identify root causes across interconnected applications and servicesDocument architectural decisions, patterns, dependencies, and technical guidance to enable adoption across engineering teamsMentor engineers and share architectural expertise that strengthens technical capabilities across the organization Qualifications:5+ years of professional software engineering experience using programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, JavaScript)Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experienceExperience developing and maintaining large, complex production applicationsExperience working with large monolithic applications and contributing to architectural transformations involving approaches such as service extraction, sharding, or pod- or cell-based architectureStrong experience with Ruby or Ruby on Rails in complex production environments is highly preferredStrong understanding of software architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, and performance principlesStrong understanding of designing, building, and consuming Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interfaces (APIs)Experience with performance tuning, memory optimization, caching mechanisms, and content delivery networks (CDNs)Strong proficiency with vers