Staff Software Engineer I - Poland

Why Housecall Pro?

Help us build solutions that build better lives. At Housecall Pro, we show up to work every day to make a difference for real people: the home service professionals that support America’s 100 million homes. We’re all about the Pro, and dedicate our days to helping them streamline operations, scale their businesses, and—ultimately—save time so they can be with their families and live well.

While our headquarters are based in Denver, Colorado, our team spans the globe, with teammates across Brazil, Poland, the Philippines, Mexico, and beyond. We care deeply about our customers and foster a culture where our company, people and Pros grow and succeed together—no matter where they’re based. Leadership is as focused on growing team members’ careers as they expect their teams to be on creating solutions for Pros.

We also offer:

Paid holidays and flexible, take-it-as-you-need-it scheduled time off

A culture built on innovation that values big ideas, no matter where they come from

A MacBook set up and ready from day one, plus a $500 stipend to design your ideal workspace

Central European Time (CET) hours to support a balanced schedule for our Poland-based team

Equity in a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier VCs

• Role Overview:
• As a Staff Software Engineer I, you serve as a technical leader who drives the architecture and development of complex, high-impact software systems across HCP. You apply deep engineering expertise to ambiguous technical challenges, establish scalable solutions and patterns, and influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate projects. You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate business needs into reliable, performant, and maintainable systems. You also elevate engineering practices through technical mentorship, thoughtful design decisions, and continuous evaluation of emerging technologies and approaches.

Our team is passionate, empathetic, hard working, and above all else focused on improving the lives of our service professionals (our Pros). Our success is their success.

Compensation: 8 200 - 9 700 USD per month (B2B)

What you do each day:

Design and implement scalable, high-quality software solutions that address complex business and technical requirements

Lead technical architecture and design decisions for high-impact initiatives across multiple systems

Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to define technical requirements, tradeoffs, and implementation approaches

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code that establishes and reinforces engineering best practices

Conduct code and design reviews and provide actionable technical guidance to engineering peers

Troubleshoot complex software issues and drive solutions through root-cause analysis and systematic problem solving

Optimize application performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability

Develop and maintain technical documentation, architectural patterns, and reusable engineering standards

Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend approaches that improve engineering quality, efficiency, or scalability

Mentor and support engineers by sharing technical expertise and strengthening engineering capabilities across the team

Qualifications:

5+ years of professional software engineering experience using programming languages and frameworks (i.e. Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, JavaScript)

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience

Experience developing web applications and working with content management systems (i.e. WordPress, Strapi, Contentful)

Strong understanding of designing, building, and consuming Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interfaces (APIs)

Strong proficiency with version control systems and collaborative development workflows (i.e. Git)

Knowledge of performance optimization techniques, caching mechanisms, and content delivery networks (CDNs)

Experience with performance tuning, memory optimization, and related diagnostic tools

Strong proficiency with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices

Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, scalability, and reliability principles

Proven experience driving team efficiency or output quality through the strategic use of AI tools and automation

What will help you succeed in this role:

Ability to independently develop informed technical perspectives on complex and ambiguous systems

Proactive approach to researching, evaluating, and applying current and emerging technologies

Ability to influence technical direction and collaborate effectively across functions without relying on direct authority

A multi-dimensional background with a breadth of cross-functional interests or depth of specialized mastery

Personal resilience to learn from scratch, and successfully thrive in ambiguity

📌 Our primary technology stack at HCP is Ruby. To be effective in this role, you’ll need to learn it. We offer support in the learning process, tailored to your needs and any prior experience with Ruby. This may include mentoring from our experienced engineering team or access to a paid online course that you can complete during working hours as part of your onboarding. The exact form of support will be agreed upon based on insights from your selection process.

Sounds interesting? We're waiting for your resume!

This role is open to candidates in Poland, and the expected salary range for this role is $ + equity. The specific salary for the successful candidate will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. Housecall Pro is growing fast and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth.

Founded in 2013, Housecall Pro helps home service professionals (Pros) streamline every aspect of their business. With easy-to-use tools for scheduling, dispatching, payments, and more, Housecall Pro enables Pros to save time, grow profitably, and provide best-in-class service.

Housecall Pro’s brand portfolio includes Business Coaching by Housecall Pro, a business coaching solution for home services businesses. Our brands are united by a singular mission to champion our Pros to success.

We support more than 50,000 businesses and have over 2,000 ambitious, mission-driven, genuinely fun-loving teammates across the globe. If you want to do work that impacts real people, supported by a team that will invest in you every step of the way, we’d love to hear from you.

Housecall Pro celebrates diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law. #LI-Remote

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