Staff Engineer - Full Stack

Grapevine Round1 AI; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,304,000 - 2,816,000; Full time

Job summary

Grapevine Round1 AI is looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer to spearhead architecture for their global SaaS products. In this role, you will design scalable systems, mentor a team of engineers, and enhance the technical capabilities of the organization.

With over 10 years of software engineering experience, you will manage the full development lifecycle and focus on optimizing high-performance architecture. This is a pivotal individual contributor role that demands expertise in both backend and frontend ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• Proven ability to design scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
• Strong proficiency in distributed backend and modern frontend technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural efforts for global SaaS products.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical excellence.
• Own the full development lifecycle focusing on high-performance architecture.

Skills

Data structures

Algorithms

Object-Oriented Design

Backend microservices

Frontend application layers

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

REST APIs

RDBMS

NoSQL

Caching strategies

GitHub Copilot

Generative AI

Job description

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