Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
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Our Mission:
6sense's mission is to multiply what matters: growth, retention, and efficiency. We envision a future where companies, teams and people reach their full potential.
Our People:
People are the heart and soul of 6sense. We serve with passion and purpose. We live by our Being 6sense values of Win as One Team, Stay Curious, Do The Right Thing, Own the Outcome, and Create Belonging. Every 6sensor plays a part in defining the future of our industry-leading technology. 6sense is a place where difference-makers roll up their sleeves, take risks, act with integrity, and measure success by the value we create for our customers. We want 6sense to be the best chapter of your career.
Job Title : Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Location : Bengaluru, IN
About the Role :
We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and evolution of our platform and framework ecosystem. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who thrives on building scalable frameworks, driving engineering excellence, and influencing teams across the organization.
You will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our platform, enabling teams to build high-quality, reliable, and scalable services efficiently.
What will you own :
- Lead the design and development of scalable and resilient Frameworks hat empower scalable customer-facing APIs.
- Influence architecture and design decisions across multiple teams; act as a technical advisor and escalation point for complex challenges.
- Align engineering initiatives with business goals and organizational priorities.
- Champion best practices in software engineering, including code quality, testing, observability, and maintainability across teams.
- Advocate for developer productivity by improving tooling, documentation, and onboarding experiences. Act as a developer evangelist for platform capabilities.
- Mentor senior engineers and contribute to raising the technical bar across the organization through reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
- Leverage generative AI and AI coding tools to accelerate developer productivity, engineering workflows, and automation of repetitive tasks
What we're looking for :
- 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including at least 2 years in a staff-level role.
- Strong proficiency in Java or Golang
- Experience building platforms, frameworks, libraries, or SDKs at scale
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices (code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability)
- Experience with cloud-native architectures, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Solid experience with databases (SQL and NoSQL) and caching strategies
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence without direct authority
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
- Understanding of AI-native software development practices, including automated code generation, AI-driven testing, and human-in-the-loop review systems
- Proven ability to adopt and drive modern engineering paradigms, particularly integrating AI into development workflows to improve productivity, quality, and delivery speed
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven leadership experience, including mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.
Good to have:
- Experience with Python and Django
- Experience building scalable APIs (external or partner-facing preferred)
- Experience acting as a technical evangelist (talks, documentation, internal advocacy)
- Familiarity with API gateways, authentication/authorization patterns, and rate limiting
Success In this role would look like :
- This is a high-impact role at the intersection of platform engineering and developer experience.
- You will define how engineers build, scale, and operate services—shaping both the technical architecture and the engineering culture of the organization.
Our Benefits:
Full-time employees can take advantage of health coverage, paid parental leave, generous paid time-off and holidays, quarterly self-care days off, and stock options. We’ll make sure you have the equipment and support you need to work and connect with your teams, at home or in one of our offices.
We have a growth mindset culture that is represented in all that we do, from onboarding through to numerous learning and development initiatives including access to our LinkedIn Learning platform. Employee well-being is also top of mind for us. We host quarterly wellness education sessions to encourage self care and personal growth. From wellness days to ERG-hosted events, we celebrate and energize all 6sense employees and their backgrounds.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
6sense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to jobs@6sense.com.
We are aware of recruiting impersonation attempts that are not affiliated with 6sense in any way. All email communications from 6sense will originate from the @6sense.com domain. We will not initially contact you via text message and will never request payments. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official 6sense employee, reach out to jobs@6sense.com
