Staff Software Engineer

We’re looking for a hands-on Staff Software Engineer to elevate engineering excellence and take technical ownership across our full-stack platform. This role centers on technical leadership through execution. You will set high engineering standards, mentor teammates, drive architectural decisions — and actively contribute production-grade code yourself. Architecture and system design are important, but your primary impact will come from combining strong technical judgment with hands-on delivery. You will operate across frontend and backend systems (Next.js, NestJS, Node.js / TypeScript) running on GCP (Cloud Run, Kubernetes). Experience in AdTech / MarTech (e.g., server-side tracking, GTM, GA4) is a strong plus, but the core requirement is deep software engineering maturity. Design and implement our systems & services that integrate with Google SGTM and Meta SGW at scale. Implement and operate high-availability microservices delivering the functionality for our SST product offering. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure end-to-end data compliance and transparency. What You’ll Own: Hands-On Development Actively implement complex features and core platform components. Contribute to both backend and (when needed) frontend systems. Refactor and improve critical parts of the codebase. Tackle technically challenging problems end-to-end. Prototype and validate architectural approaches through real code. Engineering Excellence & Technical Leadership Lead by example through well-structured, production-grade code. Raise the bar for code quality, testing, and maintainability. Conduct deep, constructive code reviews. Establish strong standards for observability, reliability, and security. Improve CI/CD and operational maturity. Mentor engineers and strengthen architectural thinking across the team. Critically evaluate AI-assisted output and ensure it meets high standards. Architecture & System Design Drive end-to-end design across frontend, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. Define service boundaries and integration patterns. Design scalable and maintainable distributed systems. Balance pragmatic delivery with long-term system health. Engineering Maturity 6+ years of professional software engineering experience. Experience operating at Senior or Staff level. Strong track record of both leading technically and shipping production code. Demonstrated ability to elevate engineering standards in a team. Strong technical judgment and pragmatic decision-making. Technical Depth Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js. Experience with structured backend frameworks (e.g., NestJS or similar). Experience with modern frontend architectures (e.g., Next.js or comparable). Experience designing and operating services on GCP (Cloud Run, Kubernetes preferred). Solid understanding of distributed systems, API design, and cloud-native architectures. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Usercentrics we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Why join Usercentrics? Joining Usercentrics means becoming part of a fast-growing, diverse and international team of tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurially-minded who build our success story together Company culture is important to us - we strive to continuously develop a positive, vibrant and inspiring environment that enables everyone to thrive both personally and professionally Get involved! We have plenty of initiatives and love to see people from all department enthusiastically participating and shaping our future together in different cross-department projects Your work-life balance is important to us too - we offer flexible working hours, hybrid working and the possibility of workcations (in accordance with our company policy) We always remember to have fun along the way, both in our day-to-day work and at our regular team events on site in our offices in Munich, Copenhagen, Odense, Lisbon and Prague or online