Staff Software Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 6000000 - Rs 13000000 (ie INR 60-130 LPA)

Min Experience: 10 years

Location: Remote (India)

JobType: full-time

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the technical direction and execution of complex, high-impact initiatives that span teams and systems. Your influence will extend beyond your immediate team—shaping architectural decisions, elevating engineering practices, and mentoring future leaders.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Architect and build scalable, high-availability systems that run 24/7 and support mission-critical workflows.
• Own and deliver multi-tier, high-volume applications with performance, accessibility, and resilience in mind.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code with a strong focus on developer experience and system performance.
• Drive and uphold engineering best practices, including code reviews, test coverage, monitoring, and observability.
• Provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams, guiding architecture, trade-offs, and execution.
• Mentor and sponsor engineers to grow their impact and strengthen engineering culture.
• Lead large-scale, cross-team projects from concept to production.
• Deliver clear, objective feedback to peers and junior engineers through structured reviews and 1:1s.

Outcomes You'll Drive

• Customer Impact - Develop a deep understanding of product metrics and directly contribute to measurable improvements through agile iteration.
• Technical Leadership - Lead complex projects, own key systems, and define roadmaps in collaboration with managers and product teams.
• Velocity - Deliver consistent output and high impact, even within challenging, legacy, or high-complexity codebases.
• Engineering Quality - Set the benchmark for code quality and technical excellence across the team.
• Cross-Team Communication - Ensure alignment across squads and stakeholders through effective communication.
• Platform Resilience - Build scalable, monitored, and self-healing systems with best-in-class availability.

Requirements

• 10+ years of deep experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
• Proven ability to develop features with performance, reliability, and scalability in mind.
• Strong product intuition—balancing technical scope with MVP delivery.
• Expertise with message queues, background jobs, and distributed system patterns.
• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., GCP Logging, Prometheus, NewRelic).
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., code generation, debugging, automation) and stay current with emerging AI trends.
• Experience with LLM architecture, pipelines, or applied AI tooling is a strong bonus.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, Go).
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs, including handling rate limits, failure cases, and retries gracefully.

Example Problems You'll Work On

• Scaling Workflows Platform - Transform workflows into a plug-and-play automation platform where new triggers, actions, and integrations can be added in hours, not weeks.
• Fault-Tolerant Infrastructure - Design the backbone of a high-scale, event-driven system that guarantees reliability, speed, and safety at massive scale.
• Agentic Automation & Adoption - Lead the roadmap for next-gen agentic automation and build tooling that empowers every team to move faster with confidence