Staff Software Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical strategy for our tax infrastructure in Bangalore. You will drive architectural decisions that support massive scale growth while ensuring high reliability and engineering excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• System Design: Architect mission-critical systems processing billions in tax calculations, designed to handle 50% year-over-year growth.
• Ownership and Impact: Lead initiatives with cross-team visibility that directly influence company strategy and roadmaps.
• Engineering Excellence: Define standards and patterns that scale effectively as the organization grows.
• Reliability and Correctness: Build systems where failure is not an option, prioritizing auditability and graceful degradation at enterprise scale.
• Global Scale: Solve complex architectural challenges involving millions of payroll transactions across 40+ countries with evolving regulatory requirements.

Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum 8 years in software engineering with proven technical leadership experience.
• Architecture Skills: Proven track record designing large-scale distributed systems requiring high reliability.
• Languages: Deep expertise in Object-Oriented Programming languages and ability to design extensible systems for others.
• Influence: History of driving technical strategy and influencing decisions across multiple teams.
• Mindset: Strong ownership mentality, taking problems from identification through resolution.
• Practices: Commitment to rigorous testing, correctness, and operational excellence.