Sr Staff Engineer - Systems

Sails Software Solutions; Chennai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Freshworks is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer in Chennai, India, to anchor architectural evolution of our multi-tier SaaS platform. You will drive the technical roadmap, mentor engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams to translate business visions into high-performing software solutions.

Expect ownership of production reliability, security, and scalable backend systems. The role demands 12–15 years in distributed SaaS, strong Java/Spring or Python expertise, and a track record of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 to 15 years of hands-on software engineering and systems/platform engineering in modern distributed SaaS environments.
• Architectural ownership spanning end-to-end architecture and technical strategy for large-scale products or core platform infra.
• Proven ability to build, ship, and maintain highly available, low-latency, high-throughput systems under aggressive deployment schedules.
• Extensive experience collaborating with Product, QA, Ops, and Design to drive alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the technical roadmap for your engineering domain; design, document, and execute scalable, cost-efficient platform solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, high-performance code and APIs that scale with Freshworks growth.
• Identify architectural bottlenecks and tech debt; design iterative refactoring without delaying delivery.
• Lead production issue RCA and implement permanent preventive safeguards in distributed SaaS environments.
• Establish rigorous engineering standards through code reviews, automated tests, and CI/CD integration.
• Coach and develop engineers across functions, elevating problem-solving and operational discipline.
• Ensure platform designs and practices align with information security standards and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Java/Spring

Python

Distributed Systems

RESTful APIs

Linux/Cloud

DevOps

Software Architecture

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will serve as a core technical anchor, driving the architectural evolution of Freshworks multi-tier SaaS platform. In this role, you will:

• Scale Platform Capabilities: Architect and deliver resilient APIs, microservices, and web-layer platform features that support complex enterprise customer scenarios while drastically improving deployment velocity, system reliability, and low-latency performance.
• Elevate Engineering Discipline: Act as a technical role model and mentor to young, ambitious engineers-fostering a culture rooted in clean coding standards, robust systems thinking, and long-term product ownership.
• Bridge Business Technology: Partner closely with cross-functional leaders across Architecture, Product Management, Design, QA, Operations, and Customer Success to turn high-level business visions into seamlessly integrated, high-performing software solutions.

Roles Responsibilities

• Architecture Roadmap Execution: Own and deliver the technical roadmap for your engineering domain; design, document, and execute scalable, cost-efficient, and low-latency platform solutions.
• Hands-on Development: Write clean, maintainable, and high-performance code, building APIs and core platform features that scale seamlessly alongside Freshworks global growth.
• System Health Tech Debt Management: Identify critical architectural bottlenecks and technical debt; design and drive practical, iterative refactoring plans without compromising business delivery.
• Operational Excellence Production Leadership: Take ownership of complex production issues in distributed SaaS environments, driving deep-dive root-cause analyses (RCA) and implementing permanent preventive safeguards.
• Quality Process Standardization: Establish rigorous engineering standards through code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD pipeline integration to continuously raise the quality bar.
• Mentorship Talent Development: Coach and develop engineers across functions, elevating their problem-solving capabilities, systems thinking, and operational discipline.
• Security Compliance: Ensure all platform designs and team practices strictly align with Freshworks information security standards and regulatory compliance protocols. Qualifications

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 12 to 15 years of hands-on software engineering and systems/platform engineering experience within modern distributed SaaS environments.
• Architectural Ownership: Proven track record of owning end-to-end architecture and technical strategy for large-scale products or core platform infrastructure.
• Production Scale: Demonstrated history of building, shipping, and maintaining high-availability, low-latency, and high-throughput systems operating under assertive deployment schedules.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Extensive experience collaborating with and influencing multi-disciplinary teams (Product, QA, Ops, Design) to drive consensus and alignment.

Skills

• Core Backend Expertise: Expert-level mastery in Java (Spring/Spring Boot) or Python for high-scale backend services development.
• Distributed Systems Architecture: Deep proficiency in multi-tier application architecture, microservices design, RESTful APIs, messaging queues, and database layer optimization.
• CS Fundamentals: Exceptional command of data structures, algorithms, advanced Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts, and design patterns.
• SaaS Troubleshooting Linux: Advanced knowledge of Linux internals, production debugging, log analysis, and system telemetry in distributed Cloud/SaaS setups.
• Engineering Quality DevOps: Strong experience with CI/CD automation, unit/integration testing frameworks, and writing clean, maintainable code with minimal abstraction.
• Soft Skills Technical Leadership: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical panels and executive stakeholders.

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