Staff Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs - Rs (ie INR 25-40 LPA)
Min Experience: 9 years

Location: Bengaluru

JobType: full-time
We are looking for a highly skilled Staff Engineer to design, build, and scale high-performance backend systems using Golang. This role demands strong ownership, deep systems thinking, and hands-on contribution to large-scale, distributed applications operating in production environments.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable backend applications using Golang.
• Build low-latency, high-throughput RESTful services for large-scale distributed systems.
• Architect and optimize asynchronous and distributed systems for performance and reliability.
• Ensure system scalability, availability, and resilience in Linux-based production environments.
• Continuously refactor and improve codebases to maintain clean architecture and high design quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scope, refine, and review user stories for technical completeness and risk mitigation.
• Plan, estimate, and execute releases with predictable delivery timelines.
• Analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and drive optimizations at scale.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and design standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building commercial software in large, distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Golang and object-oriented programming principles.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed system design.
• Proven experience designing backend services handling high-volume traffic.
• Experience with data modeling across relational and NoSQL databases.
• Deep familiarity with Linux as a production environment.

Additional Skills & Attributes

• Strong system design, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Passion for learning, continuous improvement, and solving complex technical challenges.
• High ownership mindset with the ability to execute efficiently and deliver results.

Skills

Golang, AWS, Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA), Distributed Systems, Linux, REST APIs, Relational & NoSQL Databases, System Design, Scalability & Performance Optimization