Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

Job Description:

Staff Software Engineer (Full-Stack Platform)

Location: India, Remote

EGNYTE YOUR CAREER. SPARK YOUR PASSION.

Egnyte is a place where we spark opportunities for amazing people. We believe that every role has meaning, and every Egnyter should be respected. With 22,000+ customers worldwide and growing, you can make an impact by protecting their valuable data. When joining Egnyte, you’re not just landing a new career, you become part of a team of Egnyters that are doers, thinkers, and collaborators who embrace and live by our values:

 Invested Relationships

 Fiscal Prudence

 Candid Conversations

ABOUT EGNYTE

Egnyte is the secure multi-cloud platform for content security and governance that enables organizations to better protect and collaborate on their most valuable content. Established in 2008, Egnyte has democratized cloud content security for more than 22,000 organizations, helping customers improve data security, maintain compliance, prevent and detect ransomware threats, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere. For more information, visit www.egnyte.com.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• 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.

YOUR 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.

  I have 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

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION:

• At Egnyte, we celebrate our differences and thrive on our diversity for our employees, our products, our customers, our investors, and our communities. Egnyters are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work and to appreciate the many differences that collectively make Egnyte a higher-performing company and a great place to be.