Staff Engineer

About the role

This Staff Engineer position focuses on shaping the core platform architecture for Incode's identity solutions. The role requires defining technical roadmaps, ensuring system reliability and scalability, and making long-term architectural decisions for fraud detection and identity verification. Success in this area means delivering robust, high-performing systems capable of handling significant scale.

A key aspect of this role is technical leadership across teams and geographies. The Staff Engineer will lead architectural initiatives, author design documents, and facilitate decision-making among engineering and product stakeholders. This involves driving technical alignment and building consensus to ensure complex projects are executed effectively. The role also requires hands-on involvement in coding and mentoring teams.

The position emphasizes innovation, particularly in AI. The Staff Engineer will drive the adoption of AI agentic workflows, integrating LLM-powered automation into production systems, developer tools, and operational practices. This involves designing and evolving high-throughput distributed systems for real-time, streaming, and batch data processing, leveraging technologies like Kafka, Flink, and Spark.

The listed salary range for this Staff Engineer position is $112,000 to $188,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• distributed systems: This role requires expertise in designing and evolving high-throughput distributed systems for data processing.
• backend engineering: The Staff Engineer will apply deep knowledge of backend engineering to architect resilient and scalable platforms.
• system design: The position involves defining and owning the technical roadmap and making long-term architecture decisions for core platform components.
• Kafka: Experience with Kafka is needed for designing and evolving large-scale data and streaming systems.
• AI agentic workflows: The role involves driving the adoption of AI agentic workflows and integrating LLM-powered automation into production systems.
• technical leadership: The Staff Engineer will lead complex architectural initiatives and provide technical guidance to engineering teams.

Who this role suits

• Someone who thrives on defining long-term technical strategies and making critical architectural decisions for large-scale platforms.
• An individual who enjoys both high-level architectural discussions and contributing production-grade code.
• A leader who can influence and align multiple engineering and product teams across different locations.
• A person with a strong interest in exploring and applying emerging AI technologies to improve engineering practices and products.

From the employer

What You’ll Own & Drive

• Core Platform Architecture & Technical Strategy

Define and own the technical roadmap for foundational platform components powering fraud detection and identity verification at scale. Shape long-term architecture decisions that ensure reliability, scalability, and performance across mission-critical systems.

• Cross-Team Technical Leadership

Lead complex architectural initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams and geographies. Drive technical alignment, author design documents, facilitate decision-making, and build consensus across Engineering and Product stakeholders.

• Hands-On Engineering Excellence

Stay deeply involved in implementation — contributing production-grade code, raising engineering standards through example, and mentoring teams through technical leadership and execution excellence.

• Large-Scale Data & Streaming Systems

Design and evolve high-throughput distributed systems, including real-time, streaming, and batch data processing pipelines leveraging technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Spark.

• AI-Driven Engineering Innovation

Drive adoption of AI agentic workflows throughout the engineering lifecycle — integrating LLM-powered automation into production systems, developer tooling, and operational practices to accelerate innovation and efficiency.

• Global Collaboration & Execution

Partner effectively across distributed teams in Tel Aviv, the US, and Serbia, acting as a technical bridge between engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful outcomes at scale.

• Product & Business Partnership

Collaborate closely with Product Managers and cross-functional leaders to shape solutions from concept to delivery — balancing technical excellence with customer needs, business priorities, and operational realities.

The Qualities That Set You Apart

• Technical Systems Thinker

You combine deep expertise in distributed systems and backend engineering with the ability to architect resilient, scalable platforms that operate reliably under real-world production demands.

• Hands-On Technical Leader

You lead by doing — comfortable moving from high-level architecture discussions into implementation details, debugging production systems, and contributing meaningful code across the stack.

• AI & Innovation Mindset

You actively explore and apply emerging AI technologies, particularly agentic and LLM-driven workflows, turning experimentation into practical engineering advantage.

• Cross-Functional Influencer

You communicate complex technical concepts clearly across engineering, product, and leadership audiences, aligning teams around shared goals and technical direction.

• Builder of Scalable Systems

You thrive in environments where scale, reliability, and performance matter — designing systems that process massive streams of data with fault tolerance and operational excellence.

• Collaborative Problem Solver

You work effectively across cultures, time zones, and disciplines, building trust and momentum in distributed, high-growth environments.

• Curious, Pragmatic, and Impact-Driven

You stay ahead of evolving technologies and industry trends while maintaining a pragmatic focus on delivering real-world business and customer impact.

Why Incode?

• Mission with Meaning

Shape how billions of people prove identity—safely, simply, and ethically.

• Rocket-Ship Growth

Join at an inflection point where your strategies will compound in value for years.

• Elite Team & Backing

Work a truly global with top engineers, designers, and investors who share your ambition to dominate a category.

• Ownership & Autonomy

Operate like a founder with the resources of a unicorn.

• Global Impact

Every program you launch will reverberate across industries and continents.

Benefits & Perks:

• Flexible Working Hours & Workplace
• Open Vacation Policy
• Equal Opportunities: Incode is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. We take great pride in having an inclusive, diverse, and global team, and we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we ensure that reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process. If you require any accommodation due to a disability or specific need, please let our Talent Acquisition team know—we’ll do our best to support you.