We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer Java to lead the design and evolution of large-scale, Java-based distributed systems that power our cloud platform.

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on system architecture, performance, reliability, and long-term platform health. As a Staff Engineer, you will operate across multiple teams, solving complex platform-level problems, influencing architectural decisions, and ensuring the scalability and resilience of mission-critical services.

Key Responsibilities :

Platform & Architecture Ownership :

- Own and evolve core Java services supporting high-throughput, multi-tenant workloads Design distributed, fault-tolerant systems using modern Java and JVM best practices

- Drive architectural decisions related to scalability, resilience, and performance Java Engineering Excellence Build and optimize backend services using Java (Java 11/17+), Spring Boot, and related frameworks

- Diagnose and resolve JVM-level performance issues (GC tuning, memory leaks, thread contention)

- Apply strong knowledge of concurrency, asynchronous processing, and reactive patterns Cross-Team Technical

Leadership :

- Lead cross-cutting initiatives that span multiple services and teams

- Define and promote engineering standards for Java development, testing, and deployment Review designs and code to ensure high quality, maintainability, and correctness

Reliability & Operations :

- Ensure systems are observable, diagnosable, and operable in production Partner with SRE and platform teams to improve availability, incident response, and recovery Proactively reduce technical debt and systemic risk

Influence & Mentorship :

- Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical escalation point

- Clearly communicate complex system behavior to engineering and product stakeholders

- Enable teams to move faster by solving foundational technical challenges

Required Qualifications :

- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience 8 to 15 years of professional software engineering experience

- Deep expertise in Java and the JVM ecosystem Strong experience building distributed, cloud-native systems

- Proven ability to influence architecture across teams without people management

- Excellent problem-solving and systems-thinking skills

Preferred Experience :

- Experience with microservices architectures and service orchestration

- Hands-on knowledge of Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, Kafka, REST/gRPC Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

- Experience designing for high availability and disaster recovery

What Success Looks Like Java services scale reliably as traffic and data grow JVM-related incidents decrease through proactive tuning and architecture

Cross-team dependencies become simpler and more resilient Engineering velocity improves due to strong platform foundations