Staff Software Development Engineer

Clearwater Analytics, LLC; Dadri; On-site; INR 17,110,000 - 26,616,000; Full time

Job summary

Clearwater Analytics, LLC is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer for the ACIO group to architect, design, and deliver large-scale distributed systems powering financial reporting and analytics.

You will shape technical direction, ensure architectural excellence, and enable teams to build robust, scalable platforms. Senior engineers are expected to lead through influence, drive innovations, and mentor engineers across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Architecture and design expertise in large-scale distributed systems, preferably in financial/analytics platforms.
• Leadership skills to lead through influence as a technical architect or senior tech lead.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven systems, and data streaming platforms.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud providers and multi-region deployments.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or Go with attention to concurrency and performance.
• Understanding of distributed storage, database scaling, and query optimization.
• Experience with agentic conversational UX design and architecture.
• Track record delivering enterprise-grade systems with complex SLAs.
• Excellent communication to convey architectural decisions to stakeholders.
• Commitment to continuous technical learning and knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture of Clearwater ACIO systems for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Define and communicate architectural standards and patterns for distributed systems.
• Evaluate patterns for fault tolerance, high availability, and horizontal scalability.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into roadmaps.
• Conduct architectural reviews and provide engineering guidance aligned with tech vision.
• Lead technical strategy, operational excellence, and delivery across domains.
• Drive observability, maintainability, and deployment automation improvements.
• Ensure security, compliance, and performance benchmarks are met.
• Oversee multi-team projects and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
• Mentor senior/mid engineers in architecture thinking and distributed design.
• Foster cross-team collaboration for integrated, scalable tech improvements.
• Stay current with industry trends and cloud technologies; drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Architecture design

Technical leadership

Microservices

Event-driven systems

Data streaming (Kafka/Kinesis)

Public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Programming (Java/Python/Go)

Distributed storage & query

Agentic UX design

SLA-driven production systems

Communication

Continuous learning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Software Eng

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

TheStaff Software Development Engineerrole withinClearwater’s Agentic Client Interactions & Orchestration(ACIO) is a senior technical leadership position focused onarchitecting, designing, and delivering large-scale distributed systemsthat power critical financial reporting and analytics. This role requires deep expertise inscalable system design,agentic architecture,cloud-native platforms, and high-performance data processing.

You will play a key role in shaping the technical direction, ensuring architectural excellence, and enabling teams to build robust, maintainable systems that support Clearwater’s commitment toindustry-leading financial reporting solutions. Senior engineers at this level are expected to think strategically, lead through influence, and drive innovations that scale across products and teams.

Responsibilities:

Architecture & Design Leadership

• - Own theend-to-end architectureof Clearwater ACIO systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance in large-scale financial data processing.
• - Define, document, and communicate architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for distributed systems.
• - Evaluate and implement design patterns for fault tolerance, high availability, and horizontal scalability.
• - Collaborate with product managers, data architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into system-level designs and technical roadmaps.
• - Conduct architectural reviews and provide engineering guidance to ensure alignment with strategic technology vision.

Technical Strategy & Delivery

• - Lead the technical strategy, operational excellence, and professional delivery across multiple domains in Clearwater.
• - Drive improvements in system observability, maintainability, and deployment automation.
• - Ensure designs and implementations meet security, compliance, and performance benchmarks.
• - Oversee execution ofmulti-team, multi-service projects, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery at scale.

Mentorship & Collaboration

• - Mentor senior and mid-level engineers in architecture thinking, technical design, and distributed systems development.
• - Build strong relationships with teams across divisions to facilitate cross-system integration and shared technology improvements.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• - Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging architectures, and cloud technologies.
• - Identify opportunities for re-architecting or optimizing existing systems to improve throughput, latency, and cost-efficiency.
• - Foster a culture of innovation, scalability, and engineering excellence across FO Reporting and broader Clearwater teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• - Provenarchitecture and design expertiseinlarge-scale distributed systems, preferably in financial or analytics platforms.
• - Exceptional leadership skills and ability to lead through influence as atechnical architect or senior tech lead.
• - Strong knowledge ofmicroservices architecture,event-driven systems, anddata streaming platforms(Kafka, AWS Kinesis, etc.).
• - Hands-on experience withpublic cloud providers(AWS, Azure, GCP), including scaling, cost optimization, and multi-region deployments.
• - Proficiency in one or more modern languages (Java, Python, Go, or similar) with deep understanding of concurrency, memory management, and performance tuning.
• - Strong understanding ofdistributed data storage,database scaling, andquery optimizationtechniques.
• - Worked on agentic conversational UX design and architecture.
• - Developed and deployed systems with complex SLAs in production environments serving high-volume traffic/data.
• - Excellent communication skills with ability to clearly convey architectural decisions and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• - Commitment to continuous technical learning, improvement, and community knowledge sharing.

Education & Experience:

• - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• - 10+ yearsof professional software development experience;5+ yearsacting in an architecture or principal engineering capacity.
• - Track record ofdesigning and implementing enterprise-grade distributed systemsand owning them through full lifecycle (design → build → deploy → maintain).