staff Software Engineer tech_leadership 7+ yrs Hybrid · Posted Dec 30, 2025

About this role

Replit is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in Foster City, CA (hybrid). The posting calls out experience with Full Stack, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, React and roughly 7+ years of relevant work.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Foster City, CA
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience
7+ years
Department
Engineering
Posted
Dec 30, 2025
AI Summary
Staff Product Engineer leading major projects from 0->1, identifying technical blockers, and mentoring senior engineers. Build full-stack features using TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Node.js, and Postgres. Requires 7+ years software development experience with technical leadership background.

Job description

from Replit careers

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.

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