Staff Engineer

Staff Engineer

Location: Mumbai

Contract Type: Permanent

Lead backend architecture for a fast-growing SaaS platform serving industrial

operations

Own core systems handling high-volume IoT data event streams and enterprise

integrations

Mentor engineering teams and shape technical standards across the backend

function

Work with cutting-edge tech stack: TypeScript Python Kafka and

PostgreSQL

Join a product-focused company entering a major growth phase in 2026

Company Overview

Our client is a fast-growing product-based SaaS company modernising inventory

management for heavy industries through IoT-powered solutions. Based in North America

with operations expanding globally they build scalable platforms that integrate IoT

devices mobile applications backend services and enterprise systems. The company

combines technical depth with a pragmatic ownership-driven culture where engineers

have genuine impact on product direction and customer outcomes.

Our client is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead backend architecture and drive platform

scalability as they enter significant growth. This is an opportunity to own core systems

mentor technical talent and shape engineering standards at a pivotal moment for the

business.

Position Overview

As Staff Engineer you will lead backend architecture for a SaaS-first event-driven platform

serving industrial operations at scale. Youll own the design and reliability of core data

systems event-driven integrations and data flows connecting mobile apps IoT devices

backend services and ERP systems. This role combines hands-on technical leadership

with mentorship requiring you to balance pragmatic decision-making under ambiguitywith building systems that support analytics and AI-driven features. Your work directly

impacts how customers manage mission-critical inventory operations.

Responsibilities

Lead backend architecture design for scalable event-driven SaaS platform

handling high-volume data

Design and build core backend services using TypeScript and Python

Own data systems across PostgreSQL and MongoDB ensuring consistency and

performance at scale

Build and maintain event-driven integrations using Kafka message queues and

event bridges

Design reliable data flows between mobile apps IoT devices backend services and

ERP systems

Support analytics and AI-driven features through thoughtful data pipeline and

inference workflow design

Ensure system reliability through idempotency retry logic failure handling and

observability practices

Mentor junior engineers and establish backend engineering standards and best

practices

Collaborate closely with frontend IoT and product teams to deliver integrated

solutions

Make pragmatic technical decisions balancing performance cost and reliability at

scale

Requirements

Essential experience:

7 to 10 years of strong backend engineering experience

Deep hands-on experience designing and building distributed systems and event-

driven architectures

Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Python

Proven experience with Kafka message queues or similar asynchronous systems

Solid understanding of data consistency scalability and system design principles

Experience building enterprise-grade SaaS platforms from scratch or early stage

Exposure to analytics data platforms or AI/ML-enabled systems Comfortable leading technically and mentoring junior developers

Startup mindset: ownership pragmatism and ability to build under ambiguity

Desirable experience:

Experience integrating with ERP systems such as D365 or SAP

Background in IoT high-volume event ingestion or real-time systems

Experience optimising performance cost and reliability at scale

How to Apply

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