Staff Software Engineer, Product

Foster City, CA remote Until 8/23/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted May 1, 2025 Last posted May 1, 2025
Job description

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.

About the role: 

As a Staff Product Engineer at Replit, you’ll work closely with other product and platform engineers, designers, sales representative, and product managers to build features that help users collaborate with their team to go from idea to software fast. You’ll be at the forefront of shaping and experimenting on what our tens of millions of users love.

You will:

  • Help lead major projects and take new products from 0->1

  • Identify the hardest technical and/or quality problems holding us back, and then build solutions

  • Chart high level technical direction and follow up to make sure those projects come together to deliver on results

  • Mentor and develop new senior engineers to help grow the team

  • Ship new features and build infrastructure using: TypeScript, React, CSS, GraphQL, Node.js, and Postgres

Required skills and experience:

  • A minimum of 7 years of professional software development experience

  • Experience in a technical leadership role, working cross functionally

  • Working experience building full stack applications with TypeScript

  • Working experience building directly for users

Bonus Points: 

  • You’re excited about the future of programming and have experience working with IDEs, terminals, or other common developer tools

  • You’ve had previous experience working at a startup in a cross-functional engineering role

This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The hybrid role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:

💰 Competitive Salary & Equity

💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)

⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability

🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave

🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays

🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office Only)

📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend

🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment

🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)

🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings

☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)

Want to learn more about what we are up to?

Interviewing + Culture at Replit

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

Compensation (from employer):
Compensation is determined based on career level, with the base salary for this role ranging from $200K – $290K • Offers Equity

About this role

Summary

Lead projects, develop features, and mentor engineers in a full stack product environment.

Job title

Staff Software Engineer, Product

Experience level

7+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

hybrid role in foster city, ca, remote not specified

Salary

from $200K – $290K

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

typescriptreactfull stackcross functional

Preferred skills

ideterminalsdeveloper toolsstartup experience

Specializations

full stacktypescriptreactgraphqlnode.js
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Foster City, CA, USA

Hybrid City