Staff Software Engineer
Weekday (company site, opens in a new tab)8+ yrsBengaluruHybridDirect career pageEst. 35–65 LPA
Posted on 23 Sept
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About This Role
- Lead architectural strategy for complex, ambiguous, and high-stakes technical challenges across multiple teams.
- Own and execute multi-year foundational platform decisions focused on scalability, reliability, and AI-centric product transformation.
- Elevate engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and align technology strategy with product and business leadership.
Minimum Requirements
- 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering roles.
- Proven expertise in distributed systems architecture with a strong command of reliability, scalability, and performance trade-offs.
- Must be located in or willing to work in Bengaluru with a hybrid setup and required global overlap hours (Mon-Thu, 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM IST).
- Mandatory technical skills: Distributed Systems, System Architecture, Kubernetes.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Has a strong track record of setting technical direction impacting an entire engineering organization or large platform.
- Experienced in leading ambiguous, high-impact technical decisions with influence across cross-functional teams.
- Fluent and hands-on with AI-assisted software development and defining AI engineering practices for a modern software product.