About this role
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Communications Platform) at Squarespace. Location: New York City, New York, United States. Role: driving architecture, mentoring engineers, writing code Requirements: 10+ years backend engineering experience, deep Java expertise, distributed systems and production reliability experience, experience with messaging systems and data stores, strong technical leadership and communication skills. Category: Software Development Seniority: Senior Level Tools: Java, Spring, Kafka, MongoDB, CockroachDB, Kubernetes, GCP, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot Commitment: Full Time Workplace: Hybrid Languages: English