(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

What you'll do... We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join Global Marketplace Engineering team. This hands-on role requires exceptional coding skills, a passion for technology and engineering excellence, and the ability to guide and mentor a team of engineers. You will play a key role in defining and maintaining our technical architecture with lead architect, ensuring alignment with business goals and scalability requirements.  As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to

• Guide and mentor, a team of engineers, conducting code reviews and leading design discussions to ensure engineering best practices.  
• Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices.  

• Lead the creation and maintenance of our technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements.  
• Architect complex software systems (data/backend), ensuring performance, security, and scalability needs are met.  

Software Craftsmanship:  

• Consistently produce high-quality software with a focus on unit testing, regular code reviews, and continuous integration.  
• Uphold high standards in quality and operational excellence.  

Technical Documentation:  

• Develop comprehensive technical documentation and presentations to clearly communicate architectural decisions and design options.  
• Ensure documentation aligns with project scopes, milestones, and deliverables.  

Engineering Advocacy:  

• Promote and enforce technical standards across the organization to achieve concrete outcomes and drive engineering excellence.  
• Foster a culture of learning and innovation through hands-on technical guidance and mentorship.  

Project Leadership:  

• Lead the discovery phase of major projects, ensuring the design aligns with business goals and technical requirements. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scopes and milestones.  

Cross-functional Collaboration:  

• Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, and DevOps teams.  
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.  

Innovation and Research:  

• Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.  

What you’ll Bring...

• B.Tech. / B.E. / M.Tech. / M.S. in Computer Science
• 10 - 14 years of experience in design   and development of highly-scalable applications and platform development in product based companies or R&D divisions.
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
• 7+ of years hands-on experience building full stack applications using - Java, Springboot, Microservices
• 5+ years of experience in systems design, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Extensive years of experience in RDMBS/ NoSQL databases, Enterprise Messaging Application (Kafka) and Big data (Spark)
• Hands-on experience in designing and implementing cloud-native Microservices
• Architecture and related stacks using containerization technologies like Docker,
• Kubernetes, etc.
• Microservices Architecture and related stacks and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Well versed in TDD,BDD methodologies and the enabling tools and technologies - JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, CI/CD etc.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies and DevOps
• CI/CD development environments/tools: Git, Maven, Jenkins
• Experience with performance testing tools e.g. Jmeter, LoadRunner etc .
• Experience with Architectural patterns for High Availability, performance,
• Scale our Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Security Architecture.
• Exposure to cloud infrastructures, such as Open Stack, Azure, GCP, or AWS
• Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly.
• Proficient in new and emerging technologies.
• Strong hands-on development skills to prototype technical sol