About the role
We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer - Full Stack who can operate at the intersection of deep technology, architecture, and product innovation. This role demands strong ownership in building scalable, distributed, high-performance systems while mentoring teams and influencing technical direction across the organization. You will play a critical role in designing end-to-end systems, driving engineering excellence, and contributing to long-term platform strategy.
The core responsibilities for the job include the following:
Architecture and System Design:
- Lead the design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems and microservices architecture.
- Own end-to-end system design including backend services, frontend architecture, APIs, and data layers.
- Drive decisions around scalability, performance, reliability, and security.
- Design low-latency, high-throughput systems handling millions of users/transactions.
Full Stack Development:
- Build and optimize backend services (Java /. NET / Node.js / Go).
- Develop modern, responsive frontend applications (React.js / Angular / Vue.js ).
- Design and implement RESTful / GraphQL APIs.
- Work on real-time systems, event-driven architecture, and streaming pipelines.
Technical Leadership:
- Act as a technical anchor across teams; influence architecture and engineering best practices.
- Mentor senior engineers and lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions.
- Drive engineering standards, coding practices, and system reliability initiatives.
Cloud and Platform Engineering:
- Architect and manage applications on AWS / Azure / GCP.
- Work with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code.
Data and Performance Engineering:
- Design systems using SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis).
- Optimize query performance, caching strategies, and data modeling.
- Ensure system observability using monitoring, logging, and tracing tools.
Requirements:
- 11-16 years of hands-on experience in software engineering with strong product engineering exposure.
- Proven expertise in full-stack development (backend + frontend).
- Strong experience in system design, distributed systems, and microservices architecture.
- Expertise in one or more backend stacks: Java / Spring Boot, . NET Core, Node.js / Go.
- Expertise in frontend technologies: React.js / Angular / Vue.js .
- Deep understanding of: Data structures and algorithms, Design patterns, and Scalable system design.
- Hands-on experience with: Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes, and Docker. Messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience building high-scale consumer or enterprise SaaS products.
- Exposure to event-driven architecture, CQRS, and domain-driven design (DDD).
- Experience with AI/ML systems, recommendation engines, or GenAI integration (good to have).
- Strong understanding of security, compliance, and data privacy frameworks.
- Prior experience as Staff / Principal Engineer in product companies.