Senior Staff Software Engineer-SRE

OneTrust; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

Flexible PTO

Annual performance bonus opportunities

Retirement account support

14+ weeks of paid parental leave

Job summary

OneTrust is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to enhance the technical stability of products. Responsibilities include designing systems for improved reliability and scalability, leading incident responses, and implementing SRE best practices.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software engineering experience, particularly with Java-based systems and cloud platforms. You will receive comprehensive benefits including healthcare coverage, flexible PTO, and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on backend systems and distributed architecture.
• Strong understanding of fault tolerance, eventual consistency, and scalability.
• Proven experience with cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and build platforms to improve system reliability.
• Define and implement SRE best practices.
• Lead incident response and drive root cause analysis.

Skills

Java-based systems

RESTful APIs

Microservices architecture

Distributed systems concepts

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

CI/CD pipelines

Incident management

Leadership and communication skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Spring Boot

Infrastructure as code

Job description

The Challenge

As Senior Principal Software Engineer develop strategic methods and principles to improve the technical stability and efficiency of the company's products/services. You lead and influence several teams and initiatives.

Your Mission

• Design and build platforms, tools, and frameworks to improve system reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Define and implement SRE best practices, including SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, and reliability metrics.
• Lead incident response efforts, drive root cause analysis, and implement long‑term fixes to prevent recurrence.
• Analyze system behavior, identify bottlenecks and saturation points, and implement solutions to improve resilience.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed reliability into the software development lifecycle.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend tools that enhance productivity, observability, and system robustness.
• Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization efforts.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to identify gaps, prioritize improvements, and resolve production issues.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across the engineering organization.
• Influence senior leadership with insights, metrics, and recommendations to improve system health and operational excellence.

You Are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on backend systems and distributed architecture.
• Extensive experience building and operating Java‑based systems using RESTful APIs, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts, including fault tolerance, eventual consistency, and scalability.
• Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and cloud‑native architectures.
• Expertise in observability tools (monitoring, logging, tracing) such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar.
• Experience defining and managing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code.
• Hands‑on experience with incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortems.
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities.

Benefits

As an employee at OneTrust, you will be part of the OneTeam. That means you’ll receive support physically, mentally, and emotionally so that you can do your best work both in and out of the office. This includes comprehensive healthcare coverage, flexible PTO, equity RSUs, annual performance bonus opportunities, retirement account support, 14+ weeks of paid parental leave, career development opportunities, company‑paid privacy certification exam fees, and much more. Specific benefits differ by country. For more information, talk to your recruiter or visit onetrust.com/careers.

OneTrust provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.