[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Egnyte

Role Description

As a Staff Software Engineer (Full-Stack Platform), you will:

• Own the architecture and technical direction of large-scale, distributed enterprise applications.
• Design and develop scalable, secure, and highly available backend services primarily using Python.
• Contribute to Java-based services and help evolve the overall platform architecture.
• Drive architectural decisions, technical strategy, and engineering standards across teams.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Champion software craftsmanship through clean architecture, automated testing, security, observability, and operational excellence.
• Leverage modern AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to accelerate development, improve software quality, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance engineering productivity while applying sound engineering judgment.
• Drive continuous improvements in developer experience, platform capabilities, automation, reliability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field with 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Python backend development with good working knowledge of Java.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, REST APIs, and modern software architecture principles.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, observability, production troubleshooting, and application security.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, messaging systems, caching technologies, and asynchronous processing.
• Proven ability to design scalable, resilient, secure, and highly available enterprise systems.
• Experience using modern AI development tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar) to improve engineering productivity while maintaining high standards for quality, reliability, and security.
• Experience with React and TypeScript, GraphQL, or enterprise SaaS platforms is a plus.
• Exposure to AI/LLM-powered applications, developer productivity platforms, or contributions to open-source projects is desirable.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• A hands-on technical leader who leads by example and influences through technical excellence.
• Strong architectural thinking with the ability to balance long-term vision and pragmatic execution.
• A passion for building scalable, reliable systems and continuously improving engineering practices.
• Curiosity to embrace emerging technologies and AI innovations to enable faster, higher-quality software delivery.
• A strong ownership mindset with a focus on customer impact, engineering excellence, and continuous learning.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Company equity depending on role and level
• Medical insurance and healthcare benefits for you and your family
• Fully paid premiums for life insurance
• Flexible hours and PTO
• Mental wellness platform subscription
• Gym reimbursement
• Childcare reimbursement
• Group term life insurance