Staff Engineer

Acceldata is seeking a Staff Full Stack Engineer to join our team in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This role is responsible for architecting, building, and scaling core features of our Kubernetes-native Data product. You will collaborate closely with frontend and product teams to deliver a reliable and scalable platform.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and build scalable distributed systems using Java.
• Lead system design and architecture decisions across services, APIs, and data layers.
• Build and optimize high-throughput, low-latency microservices.
• Design and implement event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka.
• Develop and optimize data processing pipelines leveraging Apache Spark or similar technologies.
• Ensure system reliability through fault tolerance, retries, circuit breakers, and observability (logging, metrics, tracing).
• Optimize performance across CPU, memory, I/O, and database queries.
• Drive code quality, design reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
• Deep expertise in Java and backend frameworks like Spring Boot.
• Strong experience in distributed systems design, microservices architecture, concurrency, and asynchronous processing.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and caching systems like Redis.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures on platforms like Amazon Web Services.
• Strong understanding of API design, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Experience in frontend technologies (JavaScript, React).
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and system design skills.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience in Big Data Systems or Hadoop components.

We offer comprehensive benefits including ESOPs, medical and life insurance, paid maternity & parental leave, and learning & development support.