Senior Staff Engineer - Backend Systems

Staff Engineer - GTP - Bangalore

Role & Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable, secure, fault-tolerant systems

• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and architectural guidance

• Drive secure, compliant development and AI-enabled productivity

• Lead design/code reviews and partner with Product on roadmap execution

• Translate business needs into scalable solutions and own delivery

• Collaborate across Mobile, DevOps, Data, UX, and QA teams

• Continuously improve quality, performance, and customer experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

• 10+ years building large-scale distributed systems

Technical Experience

• Backend development in Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET Core, or similar

• Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems

• Expertise in at least one major language

• Linux, cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent), and RESTful services

• Performance tuning, scalability, and relational/NoSQL data modeling

Development Skills

• Hands-on engineer with high-traffic system experience

• Strong system design, refactoring, and code quality practices

• Agile planning, estimation, and release execution

Nice to Have

• Golang, fintech/payments, blockchain/crypto, or front-end experience

Abilities & Traits

• Strong ownership and problem-solving mindset

• Excellent communication and organizational skills

• Security- and quality-focused, collaborative leader

Experience Level

Senior Level