Senior Staff Engineer

Questhiring; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Questhiring is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer in Bengaluru to lead backend initiatives. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable Java/Spring Boot applications, architect microservices, and guide teams across distributed systems.

AWS expertise and strong problem-solving abilities are essential for delivering robust, high-performance services. You will collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, and other engineers while mentoring junior staff and ensuring architectural alignment

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on Core Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.
• Experience designing REST APIs and cloud-based apps on AWS.
• Proficient in distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Architect and implement microservices-based applications and distributed systems.
• Develop clean, maintainable, high-performance code.
• Design and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Work with AWS to build and deploy scalable applications.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, and other teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decision-making.
• Review code for adherence to standards and best practices.
• Drive code quality, testing, security, and performance improvements.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis.

Skills

Core Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Git

Data Structures

Design Patterns

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS ECS/EKS

EC2

S3

Lambda

CloudWatch

Kafka

Job description

Experience: 10+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and technically strong Senior Staff Engineer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of hands-on software development experience, with strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and AWS.

This role requires someone who can contribute to complex engineering initiatives, drive technical solutions, work across distributed systems, and provide technical guidance to engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, highly available backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Architect and implement microservices-based applications and distributed systems.
• Develop clean, maintainable, scalable, and high-performance code.
• Design and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Work extensively with AWS cloud services to build and deploy scalable applications.
• Participate in architecture and technical design discussions.
• Identify technical challenges and provide robust and scalable solutions.
• Drive engineering best practices around coding standards, design patterns, testing, security, and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to technical decision-making.
• Review code and ensure adherence to engineering and architectural standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development, deployment, and monitoring processes.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Core Java.
• Excellent experience with Spring Boot and the Spring ecosystem.
• Strong experience designing and developing Microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience building and integrating REST APIs.
• Strong experience with AWS and cloud-based application development.
• Good understanding of distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming, Design Patterns, and Data Structures.
• Experience with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar.
• Experience with Git and modern software development practices.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, or similar AWS services.
• Knowledge of Kafka / event-driven architecture.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with system design and high-scale distributed applications.
• Knowledge of observability, logging, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong hands-on coding capability rather than purely managerial experience.
• Ability to take ownership of complex technical problems.
• Strong system-design and architectural thinking.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills.
• Passion for building scalable, reliable, and high-quality software systems.