Staff Engineer, Software

United States Digital Space LLC; Karnataka; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years to provide technical leadership across multiple products. You will drive architecture, platform modernization, and AI-enabled development while remaining hands-on in software design and implementation.

The role requires deep expertise in Java-based distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, DevOps, and the ability to influence technical direction across teams; experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and REST APIs.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and Kafka.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Proven architecture and technical leadership experience.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.
• OPC UA experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture and technical decisions across products and services.
• Define technical roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Evaluate trade-offs for scalability, security, extensibility, performance and cost.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical design discussions.
• Design and develop scalable Java/Spring Boot apps with microservices.
• Build REST APIs and maintain code quality.
• Improve deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines on AWS.
• Design event-driven systems using Kafka.
• Develop OPC UA-based industrial communication solutions.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Mentor engineers and influence decisions across teams.
• Ensure production reliability and incident response.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Architecture leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office Job Description

Role Summary

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience to provide technical leadership across multiple products and engineering initiatives. The ideal candidate will drive architecture, engineering excellence, platform modernization, and AI-enabled development practices while remaining hands‑on in software design and implementation.

This role requires deep expertise in Java-based distributed systems, cloud‑native technologies, DevOps practices, and the ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams.

Technical Leadership

• Drive architecture and design decisions across multiple products and services.
• Define technical roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Evaluate trade-offs related to scalability, security, extensibility, performance, and cost.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical design discussions.

Software Development

• Design and develop highly scalable applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain microservices and REST APIs.
• Promote engineering best practices, code quality, and maintainability.
• Participate in critical implementation efforts when required.

Cloud and Platform Engineering

• Design and operate cloud‑native systems on AWS.
• Build containerized solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Improve deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive platform reliability and operational excellence.

Distributed Systems and Integration

• Design event‑driven systems using Kafka.
• Implement integrations between internal and external systems.
• Support high‑throughput and highly available architectures.

Industrial Connectivity

• Develop and maintain OPC UA‑based industrial communication solutions.
• Design secure certificate‑management approaches.
• Build extensible plugin and driver‑management frameworks.

AI-Driven Engineering

• Champion AI‑assisted development practices.
• Introduce automation for code review, defect remediation, dependency management, and engineering workflows.
• Establish standards for responsible and effective AI adoption.
• Improve developer productivity through AI‑powered tooling.

Engineering Excellence

• Define coding standards and quality controls.
• Improve software quality using SonarQube, CodeQL, and automated checks.
• Drive secure development practices and governance.

Mentorship and Influence

• Mentor engineers and technical leads.
• Assist teams in technical planning and estimation.
• Resolve complex technical challenges and architectural issues.
• Influence engineering decisions across organizational boundaries.

Customer and Production Support

• Lead root cause analysis for critical production issues.
• Drive long‑term reliability improvements.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure customer success and operational stability.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and REST APIs.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and Kafka.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Proven architecture and technical leadership experience.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.
• OPC UA experience.

Preferred

• Experience implementing AI‑assisted engineering workflows.
• Experience driving engineering standards across multiple teams.