Description :

Title : Staff Software Engineer.

Location : India, Remote.

ABOUT EGNYTE :

Egnyte is the secure multi-cloud platform for content security and governance that enables organizations to better protect and collaborate on their most valuable content.

Established in 2008, Egnyte has democratized cloud content security for more than 17,000 organizations, helping customers improve data security, maintain compliance, prevent and detect ransomware threats, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere.

Egnyte is seeking talented engineers to join our team in Mumbai or to work remotely elsewhere in India.

If youd like to contribute your skills to the development of a global product with an impressive client base, please reach out!.

Egnyte is a product-focused company based in Silicon Valley in California, not a software outsourcing business.

We build and maintain our flagship software used by companies like Red Bull and Yamaha.

We help businesses navigate the complex world of content and data management.

Egnyte provides customers with secure access to 100% of their business files from any device, regardless of where those files physically reside.

More than 16,000 customers trust Egnyte to enhance employee productivity, automate data management, and reduce file-sharing cost and complexity.

About the Role :

We are looking for a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer Java to drive the design, architecture, and development of scalable cloud-native platforms and distributed systems.

The ideal candidate should possess deep expertise in backend engineering, cloud architecture, distributed systems, and technical leadership. This role requires strong ownership across the complete software development lifecycle along with the ability to mentor engineers and influence platform-level technical direction.

Candidates with a strong history of technical innovation, platform scalability, and engineering leadership in product-based organizations will be highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design and develop highly scalable, resilient, and cloud-native backend systems and platform services.

- Architect solutions that seamlessly integrate cloud platforms with on-premises enterprise systems.

- Drive technical direction, engineering excellence, and architectural decisions across teams.

- Lead development of distributed systems and high-availability applications using Java and modern backend technologies.

- Identify platform optimization opportunities to improve scalability, reliability, efficiency, and performance.

- Own end-to-end delivery of critical software initiatives including : Architecture & Design Development QA Coordination Deployment

Monitoring & Reliability :

- Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Engineering teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.

- Communicate complex technical concepts, architecture decisions, and trade-offs effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Contribute to long-term platform evolution by evaluating emerging technologies and industry trends.

- Build systems that prevent reliability, scalability, utilization, and operational bottlenecks.

- Mentor and guide engineers through technical leadership, code reviews, and engineering best practices.

- Drive operational excellence, observability, monitoring, and system reliability initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 8 to 15 years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend/platform engineering expertise.

- Strong programming expertise in Java.

- Proven experience designing and building: Distributed Systems Cloud-Native Applications Scalable Backend Platforms High-Availability Systems

- Strong understanding of : System Design Scalability

Performance Optimization :

- Reliability Engineering Experience integrating cloud and on-premises systems.

- Strong experience in architecture design, technical problem-solving, and engineering leadership.

- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Experience leading engineers and driving technical initiatives across teams.

- Strong debugging, analytical, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills :

- Experience with: Kubernetes Docker Microservices Architecture CI/CD Pipelines

Observability & Monitoring Tools :