Staff Engineer

A reputed firm that is an agentic Transportation Management System for all-mile, all-channel, trusted by enterprises and provides platform which unifies orders, capacity, and carrier networks into one living plan, aligning planning, execution, and settlement so promises become proof. At present, this firm is looking to hire a Staff Engineer.

Job Role/Position: Staff Engineer

Industry - Software/IT

Work Location - Bengaluru

Work Mode - ONSITE (Workdays - 5 days a week

Qualifications:- B. Tech in Computer Science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

Required Work Experience:- 9-12 years

Notice Period - 15 days

Role & Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer, you will play a critical role in defining and driving our backend architecture as we scale globally. You’ll own key systems that handle high volumes of data and transactions, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability across distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities

Own one or more core applications end-to-end, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.

Lead the design, architecture, and development of complex, distributed systems, frameworks, and libraries aligned with Locus’s technical strategy.

Drive engineering operational excellence by defining robust roadmaps for system reliability, observability, and performance improvements.

Analyze and optimize existing systems for latency, throughput, and efficiency, ensuring they perform at scale.

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.

Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.

Establish and uphold coding standards, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices across teams.

Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies, frameworks, and patterns to strengthen Locus’s technology foundation.

Contribute to hiring by identifying and attracting top-tier engineering talent.

Ideal Candidate (Mandatory Requirements)

Strong staff engineer profile

Must be from Bengaluru Only

Must have 9+ years in backend engineering with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and microservices building large and scalable systems

Must have been SDE-3 / Tech Lead / Lead SE for at least 2.5 years

Strong in DSA, system design, design patterns, and problem-solving

Proven experience building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems

Hands-on with SQL/NoSQL databases, REST/gRPC APIs, concurrency & async processing

Experience in AWS/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and observability/monitoring

Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders

Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)

Must have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies

B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

PS:- Only those who meet the job criteria specified in the job description and satisfy the mandatory requirements for the job role, are required to apply.