Staff Software Engineer

Posted 2 months ago

This role is for one of the Weekday’s clients

Salary range: Rs 6000000 – Rs 13000000 (ie INR 60-130 LPA)

Min Experience: 10 years

Location: Remote (India)
JobType: full-time

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the technical direction and execution of complex, high-impact initiatives that span teams and systems. Your influence will extend beyond your immediate team—shaping architectural decisions, elevating engineering practices, and mentoring future leaders.

Requirements

Responsibilities

Architect and build scalable, high-availability systems that run 24/7 and support mission-critical workflows.
Own and deliver multi-tier, high-volume applications with performance, accessibility, and resilience in mind.
Write high-quality, maintainable code with a strong focus on developer experience and system performance.
Drive and uphold engineering best practices, including code reviews, test coverage, monitoring, and observability.
Provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams, guiding architecture, trade-offs, and execution.
Mentor and sponsor engineers to grow their impact and strengthen engineering culture.
Lead large-scale, cross-team projects from concept to production.
Deliver clear, objective feedback to peers and junior engineers through structured reviews and 1:1s.

Outcomes You’ll Drive

Customer Impact – Develop a deep understanding of product metrics and directly contribute to measurable improvements through agile iteration.
Technical Leadership – Lead complex projects, own key systems, and define roadmaps in collaboration with managers and product teams.
Velocity – Deliver consistent output and high impact, even within challenging, legacy, or high-complexity codebases.
Engineering Quality – Set the benchmark for code quality and technical excellence across the team.
Cross-Team Communication – Ensure alignment across squads and stakeholders through effective communication.
Platform Resilience – Build scalable, monitored, and self-healing systems with best-in-class availability.

Requirements

10+ years of deep experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
Proven ability to develop features with performance, reliability, and scalability in mind.
Strong product intuition—balancing technical scope with MVP delivery.
Expertise with message queues, background jobs, and distributed system patterns.
Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., GCP Logging, Prometheus, NewRelic).
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., code generation, debugging, automation) and stay current with emerging AI trends.
Experience with LLM architecture, pipelines, or applied AI tooling is a strong bonus.

Nice to Have

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, Go).
Experience integrating with third-party APIs, including handling rate limits, failure cases, and retries gracefully.

Example Problems You’ll Work On

Scaling Workflows Platform – Transform workflows into a plug-and-play automation platform where new triggers, actions, and integrations can be added in hours, not weeks.
Fault-Tolerant Infrastructure – Design the backbone of a high-scale, event-driven system that guarantees reliability, speed, and safety at massive scale.
Agentic Automation & Adoption – Lead the roadmap for next-gen agentic automation and build tooling that empowers every team to move faster with confidence.