Senior Staff Engineer

Experian Group; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family well-being benefits

Enhanced medical benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Experian is seeking a senior software architect to own tech strategy and system design for enterprise-grade, high-availability microservices and data pipelines supporting financial analytics and fraud platforms. The role combines hands-on Java development (Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud) with cloud platform operations on AWS (EKS, Lambda, S3) and a focus on security, CI/CD, and observability.

You will mentor teams, conduct code/architecture reviews, and report to the Engineering Manager in

Qualifications

• Education as stated; 10+ years in software engineering with distributed cloud systems.
• At least 2+ years in engineering leadership or complex planning.
• Hands-on Java (17+), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud; experience with reactive programming.
• Experience with AWS services, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven track record in handling PII/financial data and security-sensitive microservices.

Responsibilities

• Own technical strategy and system architecture for enterprise-grade microservices and data pipelines.
• Lead hands-on development and mentor multiple engineering teams.
• Architect and deploy workloads on AWS with Kubernetes and serverless components.
• Enforce information security standards, data protection, and regulatory compliance.
• Establish robust CI/CD pipelines and drive observability, logging, and performance testing.
• Report to the Engineering Manager; work in a hybrid model with 2 days in the office per week.

Skills

Architecture & System Design

Leadership & Mentorship

CI/CD & DevOps

Security & Compliance

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

B.Tech / B.S. / M.S. / MCA in CS or related fields

Tools

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Reactive Programming (Reactor-Core/WebFlux)

AWS (EKS, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, API Gateway)

Kubernetes (EKS)

CI/CD Tools (CodePipeline, Harness, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Go / GoLang

Job description

Role Overview

• Architecture & System Design: Own technical strategy and system architecture for enterprise-grade, high-availability microservices and data pipelines supporting financial, analytics, and fraud platforms.

• Hands-on Development: Actively build, optimize, and maintain server-side applications using Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Reactor-Core), REST/Async APIs, and messaging systems (Kafka, SQS, NATS).
• Cloud Platform Operations: Architect and deploy workloads on AWS leveraging Kubernetes (EKS), Lambda, Fargate, S3, Aurora, and DynamoDB while optimizing cost and operational efficiency.

• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Guide, mentor, and perform code/architecture reviews across multiple engineering teams.

• Security & Compliance: Ensure software designs rigorously adhere to information security standards, PII data protection, and regulatory compliance protocols.
• CI/CD & Operational Excellence: Establish robust continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, Harness, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and enforce high standards for system observability, logging, and performance testing.
• You will report to the Engineering Manager
• This role requires you to WFO 2 days a week as its Hybrid

Experience and Skills

• Education: B.Tech / B.S. / M.S. / MCA in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building scalable, distributed cloud systems, with at least 2+ years leading engineering teams or complex plans.
• Required to have hands on in Java (17+), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Reactive Programming (Reactor-Core / WebFlux)Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)AWS EKS / Kubernetes, Lambda, ECS / Fargate, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, API Gateway
• Proven experience managing PII, high-frequency transactions, credit/financial data pipelines, or security-sensitive microservices.
• Integration experience with Generative AI / LLMs via Amazon Bedrock or custom model pipelines.
• Exposure to multi-language backends (e.g., Go / GoLang alongside Java)
• Knowledge of FinTech, identity fraud detection, real-time payment networks, or credit risk analytics

About Experian

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first, inclusive and purpose driven culture is multi award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 26 countries to name a few.

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2024 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few.

Experian is also proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affidivative Action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

Benefits

Experian care for employee's work life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. In support of this endeavour, we offer best-in-class family well-being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.