Job Summary: As a Staff engineer, the role entails a passion to contribute significantly to the design of platforms by solving complex technical problems and building systems that run at an enormous scale. Your skills will be essential in addressing intricate technical challenges, constructing scalable systems, and guiding the team to realize their maximum potential!
About the team: This is a rare opportunity to architect a foundational layer of the company’s traffic and routing infrastructure. You’ll be solving complex problems at scale — from evolving our API gateway stack to building a powerful traffic abstraction platform and enabling reliable, high-performance delivery across multiple clouds and CDNs.
Your work will directly impact how services are exposed, secured, and observed across the company, making this one of the most impactful engineering roles in the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and build scalable, resilient microservices that power JioStar’s ad tech stackOwn end-to-end delivery of complex backend projects, from technical design to deployment and monitoringWrite high-quality, maintainable code, and ensure rigorous testing and fault toleranceDrive architectural decisions and influence long-term engineering strategy for the teamCollaborate closely with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into tech solutionsTake ownership of operational excellence, including performance tuning, incident response, and root cause analysisMentor junior engineers, conduct technical deep dives and code reviews, and foster a culture of knowledge sharing
Skills & Attributes for success:
Strong coding and designing skills (Java or Golang)Experience in building high-scale distributed domain-driven microservicesProficiency with databases like MySQL, NoSql (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB) Embrace new technologies and work with various tools and technologies to achieve the desired functionalityExperience with AWS stacks like SQS, Dynamo DB, EKS, Aurora, etc. will be an added advantageExcellent problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex issues in production environmentsCommunicate effectively with stakeholders and collaborate well within a team environment to achieve desired results
Preferred Education & Experience:
B-Tech or M-Tech in Computer Science or a related technical discipline from a reputed university. 8+ years of progressive experience in software development, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects on time.
