Company Overview
We are a leading talent acquisition and staff augmentation company with a strong global presence, connecting businesses with top technology professionals across diverse industries. Headquartered in Delhi, India, we specialize in IT recruitment, executive search, workforce solutions, and project-based hiring for client USA. We are currently hiring on behalf of one of our international clients for a Staff Engineer who will play a key role in driving engineering excellence, platform innovation, and AI-powered software development.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to lead engineering strategy, platform modernization, AI-driven software development, and technical execution. This leadership role partners closely with Product, Executive Leadership, and Engineering teams to build scalable, AI-powered systems while establishing enginefullering best practices, security standards, and long-term technical vision.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead engineering strategy and technical roadmap execution.
- Drive platform modernization and large-scale system migration.
- Build scalable, secure, and highly available software architecture.
- Implement AI-powered development workflows across the SDLC.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and deployment processes.
- Lead data migration, architecture redesign, and platform integrations.
- Establish engineering standards, code quality, testing, and documentation.
- Own privacy, security, governance, and compliance initiatives.
- Collaborate with Product Leadership to transform business goals into engineering deliverables.
- Mentor engineers and foster a high-performance engineering culture.
- Manage engineering vendors, contractors, and internal development teams.
- Ensure AI-powered products meet safety, privacy, and quality standards.
Required Skills
- Full Stack Development
- Backend Development
- AI Engineering
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Airtable
- System Architecture
- Cloud Infrastructure
- CI/CD
- Software Design
- API Development
- Database Design
- DevOps Practices
- Security Best Practices
- Technical Leadership
- Agile Methodologies
AI Experience
- Experience working with Machine Learning systems and AI-powered applications.
- Hands-on experience building AI-first production systems.
- Experience implementing AI-assisted software development workflows.
- Knowledge of Generative AI development tools.
- Experience integrating AI into engineering processes.
- Familiarity with AI evaluation, monitoring, and testing.
- Understanding of AI governance, safety, and privacy.
Managerial Experience
- Lead and mentor engineering teams.
- Manage full-time engineers, contractors, and vendors.
- Define engineering processes and delivery standards.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on technical strategy.
- Drive cross-functional execution across Product, Engineering, and Operations.
- Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and innovation.
Operational Experience
- Platform modernization and migration.
- Engineering operations and release management.
- Monitoring, logging, and incident response.
- Security implementation and governance.
- Performance optimization.
- Infrastructure scalability.
- Data governance and lifecycle management.
- Risk management and engineering reporting.
- National-scale application architecture.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- 5–7 years of software engineering experience.
- Experience leading engineering strategy and platform development.
- Proven experience delivering AI-enabled software products.
- Startup or high-growth technology experience preferred.
- EdTech experience is an added advantage.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Google Professional Cloud Architect
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- AI/ML or Cloud Engineering Certifications (Preferred)
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