Sr. Staff Engineer

About Us

Automation Anywhere is the leader in Agentic Process Automation (APA), transforming how work gets done with AI-powered automation. Its APA system, built on the industry’s first Process Reasoning Engine (PRE) and specialized AI agents, combines process discovery, RPA, end-to-end orchestration, document processing, and analytics—all delivered with enterprise-grade security and governance. Guided by its vision to fuel the future of work, Automation Anywhere helps organizations worldwide boost productivity, accelerate growth, and unleash human potential.

Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer

Location

Bengaluru, India (Onsite)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and hands-on development across our full technology stack. This role will drive the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performing applications while mentoring engineering teams and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in both backend and frontend technologies , strong system design capabilities, and a passion for building enterprise-grade solutions that deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of large-scale distributed systems and modern web applications.

• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes.

• Drive technical strategy and influence product and platform roadmaps.

• Conduct architecture reviews and ensure scalability, reliability, security, and performance.

• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to technical growth across engineering teams.

Backend Engineering

• Design and develop microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.

• Build highly scalable and resilient backend systems.

• Collaborate with platform teams to improve cloud infrastructure and operational excellence.

• Optimize application performance, data processing, and system reliability.

• Implement observability through monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions.

Collaboration & Innovation

• Work closely with Product Management, Architecture, Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive adoption where appropriate.

• Participate in strategic planning, technical roadmaps, and innovation initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5+ years in technical leadership roles.

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale software solutions.

• Strong expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native development.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Technical Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Strong expertise in Core Java , including:

• Concurrency and Multithreading

• Generics

• Collections Framework

• JVM internals, Garbage Collection, Memory Management

• Strong understanding of Operating System concepts , Containers, and Hypervisors.

• Expertise in RESTful API design , versioning, security, and performance optimization.

• Experience designing and building distributed systems at scale.

• Deep understanding of:

• Microservices architecture

• Event-driven architecture

• Service-to-service communication patterns

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).

• Strong knowledge of:

• Kubernetes and container orchestration

• CI/CD pipelines

• Infrastructure as Code

• Expertise in database design and performance optimization :

• SQL databases

• NoSQL databases

• Data modeling and indexing strategies

• Strong understanding of:

• System reliability

• Observability

• Monitoring

• Logging

• Distributed tracing

• Experience with system performance analysis, tuning, and troubleshooting in production environments.

• Knowledge of security best practices, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure software development.

AI and Modern Engineering

• Understanding of AI-powered applications, AI agents, Agentic workflows, and LLM-based solutions .

• Understanding MCP, tool-calling frameworks, RAG architecture, prompt engineering, and AI system evaluation.

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