Staff Engineer

8 months ago

Gurgaon, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture and design of major features and high-impact projects across multiple engineering teams.
Create and review high-level and low-level design documentation covering system architecture, APIs, class design, data flow, and database schemas.
Drive technical roadmaps, address technical debt, and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems.
Design and deploy resilient, cost-optimized cloud infrastructure using AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
Use Kubernetes and Docker for scalable application deployment and management.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and champion infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
Write high-performance, tested, maintainable production code in a primary programming language.
Conduct code and design reviews and mentor senior and mid-level engineers.

At least 5 years of progressive software development experience designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems.
Strong ability to create, articulate, and defend detailed high-level and low-level system designs.
Hands-on proficiency with AWS or Google Cloud Platform and cloud services.
Strong programming experience with Python, Go, Java, or C#.
Working knowledge of Kubernetes, including deployments, services, and cluster management fundamentals.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions, and with infrastructure as code.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred: relevant AWS, Google Cloud, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification.
Preferred: experience with microservices and event-driven architectures using Kafka or RabbitMQ.
Preferred: experience in a formally designated Staff or Principal Engineer role.
Preferred: familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack.

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1,001-5,000 employees