Staff Software Engineer

Posted:
3/9/2026, 7:35:02 AM

Location(s):
Kentucky, United States ⋅ Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
DevOps & Infrastructure ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
On-site

Job Description

Fabletics is currently looking for a Staff Software Engineer.

This position will report to the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering.

As a Staff Software Engineer at Fabletics, you will lead technical direction for a domain, guiding delivery of multiple initiatives and shaping the evolution of our architecture. You’re still deeply hands-on, but you also serve as a critical force multiplier by mentoring others, improving engineering practices, and shaping solutions that scale.

Your first major initiative will be to modernize our CI/CD and release systems — building system-enforced pipelines that replace manual coordination and calendar

driven releases with deterministic, signal-driven delivery.

After establishing the delivery platform foundations, this role will transition into a full-stack Staff engineer role, continuing to drive platform and product impact across our web stack.

This role is not a test automation role. It is a hands-on, high impact software engineering leadership role focused on building the systems that enforce quality and safety at scale — and then applying that expertise to high-impact product and platform work.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead the technical design and delivery of complex, multi-team projects that span multiple features or teams.

  • Design and build deterministic release pipelines using GitHub Actions and on-prem infrastructure

  • Make key architectural decisions and guide implementation across systems

  • Partner with engineers, product managers, and designers to align technical direction with business objectives

  • Build release candidate generation, artifact tracking, and verifiable input/output pipelines

  • Introduce automation-driven release decisions using feature-level and critical integration test signals

  • Integrate release and validation workflows into internal tooling and Slack-based control surfaces

  • Mentor other engineers, contribute to growth conversations, and help shape team culture

  • Define and enforce standards around code quality, performance, and security

  • Contribute to build pipelines, release processes, and developer tooling

  • Contribute directly to codebases, especially in complex or high-leverage areas.

  • Serve as a go-to resource for debugging complex issues and resolving production challenges

  • Investigate and resolve production issues, and proactively identify areas of technical risk

  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners and advocate for engineering excellence

  • Set engineering standards for reliability, delivery quality, and system observability

Time Allocation

  • Architectural Planning & Team Support | 20%

  • Hands-on Development | 80%

About You

  • 7+ years of experience as a software engineer with deep technical expertise

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

  • Strong experience with CI/CD systems and deployment workflows (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)

  • Experience designing automation-driven quality or delivery systems

  • Experience leading technical projects and influencing architectural decisions

  • Strong systems thinking and ability to design for reliability, scale and application performance

  • Comfortable working with legacy systems and incremental modernization

  • Strong skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, and on-prem systems

  • Passion for coaching and mentoring engineers at all levels

  • Ability to work across functional boundaries and build consensus

  • Comfortable balancing long-term architecture with pragmatic trade-offs

  • Strong problem-solving and debugging skills across distributed systems.

  • Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across teams

  • Experience working in Agile teams, CI/CD environments, and version control systems (e.g., Git).Our Tech Stack

  • Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript

  • Mobile: React Native

  • Backend: Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript

  • APIs: GraphQL, REST

  • DevOps: Jenkins, Docker, GitHub Actions

  • Infrastructure: On-Prem

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary + equity

  • Annual bonus plan

  • 401(k) match

  • Discretionary PTO

  • Health & wellness benefits

  • Remote-first culture

  • Career development with strong IC + People Leader tracks

The annual base salary range for this position is from $160,000-$190,000. The range provided includes the base salary that Fabletics expects to pay for the role. Offered base salary will be dependent on factors including the scope and complexity of the role, candidate’s related work experience, subject matter expertise and work location.   

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Fabletics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, compensate, develop, and promote regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable. At Fabletics, Inc., we champion a vibrant workplace culture that thrives on diversity law and do not tolerate discrimination or harassment. We are one team from many backgrounds, innovating through diversity of individuals, who are driven by passion for creating an inclusive space for all. Fabletics, Inc. will continue to champion a workplace culture that prizes diversity and inclusivity. 

We encourage you to apply regardless of meeting all qualifications and/or requirements.