Staff Engineer (Hands-On + Technical Leadership)

• We are seeking a hands-on technical leader who codes daily while guiding senior developers across multiple services. The role involves owning cross-team architecture for Java/Spring Boot systems running in Kubernetes, setting engineering standards, improving reliability, and driving platform-wide initiatives such as observability, CI quality gates, and performance guardrails.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex features personally while mentoring senior engineers.
• Define and enforce engineering standards across teams.
• Lead platform-wide initiatives to improve reliability, observability, and performance.
• Use AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code) to accelerate design, implementation, and documentation.
• Ensure code and systems follow best practices in distributed systems, Java/Spring Boot, and Kubernetes environments.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, distributed system patterns, Kubernetes, and Jenkins.
• Proven track record of hands-on coding and technical leadership.
• Ability to mentor senior engineers and guide cross-team architecture decisions.

Preferred Skills

Experience using LLMs or AI tools to generate unit tests, refactor legacy code, and accelerate code reviews.

Experience evaluating AI-generated outputs for enterprise security, data privacy, and compliance standards prior to production adoption.