Sr Staff Engineer - Java; API​/Software Development​/Microservices

Sr Staff Engineer - Java (API/Software Development/Microservices)

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Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate is a self‑starter that has deep technical expertise in their domain.

• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
• Collaborate across team members and across the tech organization to solve our toughest problems.
• Deliver High-Quality services and software for a variety of domains.
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
• Utilize programming languages like Java, C#, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and No
  
  SQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure/AWS/GCP tools and services.
• Work on End-to-End solutions that may span front-end implementations (Flutter, Angular, React) through API tiers and Back-End domain services.
• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community; influence and educate executives.
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans.
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.

• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
• Extensive experience in leading and building full-stack application and service development, with a strong focus on SAAS products / platforms.
• Proven expertise in designing and developing microservices using graph
  
  QL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of both API and event-driven architectures.
• Proven experience designing and delivering highly-resilient event-driven and messaging based solutions at scale with minimal latency.
• Deep hands‑on experience in building complex SAAS systems in large scale business focused systems, with great knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes.
• Fluency and specialization with at least two modern OOP languages such as Java, C#, C++, or Python including object-oriented design.
• Familiarity and comfort with front-end technologies as well as back-end, including technologies like React, Flutter, Angular, Html, Java script.
• Great understanding of open-source databases like MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL, etc. And strong foundation with No‑SQL databases like Cosmos, Cassandra, Apache Trino, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
• Ability to excel in a fast‑paced, startup‑like environment.
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real‑time communication).
• Experience with Micro‑services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
• Experience in implementing security protocols across services and products:
  Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth.
• Fluency in Dev Ops Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Dev Ops Operational Frameworks.
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
• Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.).

• 10+ years full‑stack development experience (Java/C#/Python/GO), with expertise in client‑side and server‑side frameworks.
• 8+ years of experience…