Software Engineer Staff

Careernet; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Careernet in Bengaluru, India seeks a Staff Software Engineer with 11–15 years of experience to provide strong technical leadership while remaining hands-on in software development. The ideal candidate will have a strong backend focus, expert Java skills, and drive API design, architecture, and best practices.

The role involves mentoring engineers, aligning with product managers, and spending about half the time coding. Experience in product-based SaaS environments is valued.

Qualifications

• 11–15 years of overall software engineering experience, preferably in product-based organizations.
• Strong backend software engineering experience with Java.
• Working knowledge of TypeScript.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership and setting the technical direction for an engineering team.
• Strong experience designing REST APIs, service interfaces, and database schemas.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for the teams sprint and continuously refine the product backlog.
• Own and provide technical authority across design and code reviews for the teams engineering surface.
• Break large initiatives and complex requirements into well-defined, estimable, and deliverable user stories.
• Own API contracts and ensure protocol/version compatibility across supported product releases.
• Establish and enforce a strong Definition of Ready, ensuring work begins with sufficient clarity to enable successful delivery.
• Mentor, coach, and onboard engineers while helping intermediate-level engineers grow technically.
• Collaborate closely with architects, product managers, and engineering leadership on product direction, architecture, and sequencing.
• Remain hands-on with development, spending approximately 50% of the time on coding and technical implementation.
• Drive engineering excellence through effective design reviews, code reviews, technical documentation, and development practices.
• Contribute to scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable backend services.

Skills

Java

TypeScript

AWS

Azure

API design

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Staff Software Engineer

Important: Candidates must have experience working currently with product-based companies only.

Location: Bangalore, India

Experience: 11-15 Years

Notice Period: Up to 60 Days

Employment Type: Full-Time

Main Skills :- java, Cloud (AWS / Azure), API design, TypeScript

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to provide strong technical leadership while remaining hands-on in software development. The ideal candidate will have a strong backend engineering background, excellent expertise in Java, and experience driving architecture, API design, technical direction, and engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for the teams sprint and continuously refine the product backlog.
• Own and provide technical authority across design and code reviews for the teams engineering surface.
• Break large initiatives and complex requirements into well-defined, estimable, and deliverable user stories.
• Own API contracts and ensure protocol/version compatibility across supported product releases.
• Establish and enforce a strong Definition of Ready, ensuring work begins with sufficient clarity to enable successful delivery.
• Mentor, coach, and onboard engineers while helping intermediate-level engineers grow technically.
• Collaborate closely with architects, product managers, and engineering leadership on product direction, architecture, and sequencing.
• Remain hands-on with development, spending approximately 50% of the time on coding and technical implementation.
• Drive engineering excellence through effective design reviews, code reviews, technical documentation, and development practices.
• Contribute to scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable backend services.

Required Skills & Experience

• 1115 years of overall software engineering experience, preferably with significant experience in product-based organizations.
• Strong backend software engineering experience with Java.
• Working knowledge of TypeScript.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership and setting the technical direction for an engineering team.
• Strong experience designing REST APIs, service interfaces, and database schemas for services consumed by other teams or products.
• Demonstrated ability to decompose large and complex initiatives into smaller, actionable, and deliverable pieces of work.
• Experience making technical and compatibility decisions across multiple supported product versions.
• Strong experience conducting design and code reviews and establishing engineering standards.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and support technical growth within a team.
• Hands-on experience with Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and AI-Assisted Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) practices, or an equivalent modern software development methodology.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, agile engineering practices, and production-quality software delivery.

Good to Have

• Experience with AWS and cloud-native application development.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerized deployment technologies.
• Experience building distributed systems and scalable backend services.
• Exposure to CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and production engineering practices.
• Experience working in SaaS or enterprise product environments.

Why Join Us

Join a product-focused engineering environment where you can influence technical direction, solve complex engineering problems, mentor talented engineers, and build scalable products used by customers globally.