At Cision, we build software that supports large-scale, global enterprise infrastructure. Our teams enable platform, operations, and engineering groups with tools that improve visibility, reliability, automation, and decision-making across complex systems.
We are seeking a Staff Full Stack Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of internal platforms used by enterprise infrastructure teams. This is a senior individual contributor role for an engineer who thrives in ambiguity, works independently, and owns systems end-to-end—from architecture through production operations.
You will operate as a technical leader within the team, influencing design decisions, setting engineering standards, and delivering high-impact solutions across backend services, data pipelines, and user-facing applications.
What You’ll Do
• Architect, build, and own full-stack software platforms supporting enterprise infrastructure and operations teams.
• Lead the technical design of systems that ingest, process, analyze, and expose infrastructure and operational data at scale.
• Develop backend services and APIs for data collection, enrichment, and querying.
• Build and maintain web interfaces with advanced search, filtering, and usability tailored for technical users.
• Design and implement ETL and data processing pipelines for structured and semi-structured data sources.
• Ensure applications are fully containerized and production-ready using Docker and Kubernetes-based deployment models.
• Act as a technical authority on system design, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, security, and product stakeholders to shape solutions aligned with long-term platform strategy.
• Set and uphold engineering best practices around testing, code quality, documentation, and operational readiness.
• Review designs and code across the team, providing clear guidance and raising the overall technical bar.
• Identify systemic issues, reduce technical debt, and proactively improve platform scalability and developer experience.
What You’ll Bring
• Extensive experience as a Staff or Senior Full Stack Software Engineer working on complex, production systems.
• Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous problem spaces and drive solutions to completion.
• Strong backend engineering experience, including API design and data-intensive services.
• Experience building data-driven applications involving ingestion, transformation, and analysis.
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as C#, Python, Go, or Java.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application delivery.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and cloud-native application design.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern software development workflows.
• Excellent technical judgment, communication skills, and ability to influence without authority.
Preferred Experience
• Experience designing and operating systems on Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar databases.
• Experience with ETL pipelines, analytics platforms, or operational data tooling.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS.
• Background building internal platforms or tools for infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering teams.
• Understanding of observability, cost optimization, reliability engineering, or infrastructure automation.
Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of large or critical systems.
Skills Required
- Extensive experience as a Staff or Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
- Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous problem spaces
- Strong backend engineering experience, including API design and data-intensive services
- Experience building data-driven applications
- Proficiency in backend languages such as C#, Python, Go, or Java
- Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases
- Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application delivery
- Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and cloud-native application design
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern software development workflows
- Excellent technical judgment and communication skills
Cision Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cision and has not been reviewed or approved by Cision.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off and paid holidays, including days like Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, are highlighted alongside flexible or unlimited PTO and volunteer time. Feedback suggests this breadth of leave and schedule flexibility meaningfully supports work–life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage are offered with FSA/HSA options, plus an EAP and dedicated mental‑health resources such as Headspace. Feedback suggests these health and wellbeing elements are a solid part of the total package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program is available at date of hire with traditional and Roth options administered via Fidelity, with employer matching and vesting described in plan materials. Feedback suggests this provides mainstream retirement support even if not described as market‑leading.
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