Software Development Engineer - III

Overview

Build and lead a reliable, scalable crawl platform that provides unified data across all CommerceIQ product lines, spanning distributed systems, service architecture, monitoring, workflow orchestration and developer experience.

What you'll do

• Define and drive technical strategy, collaborating with managers to prioritize and shape the team's roadmap.
• Lead high-impact projects, handling ambiguous problem statements and delivering scalable solutions.
• Own system design and architecture, ensuring reliability, observability and best practices.
• Mentor and lead engineers, fostering growth, technical excellence and high-quality execution.
• Bridge cross-functional gaps, coordinating between stakeholders to align on technical decisions.
• Review designs, documents and PRs, maintaining high code and system quality.
• Develop a deep understanding of the platforms, ensuring comprehensive ownership.
• Get hands dirty with coding and deep dives.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in leading small to medium-sized teams.
• Expertise in scalable, distributed systems with strong problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience with observability, developer experience and performance optimizations.
• Strong ability to navigate ambiguity, break down complex problems and drive solutions.
• Measures success by the impact created, not the lines of code shipped.
• Takes charge and acts as a human orchestrator, connecting stakeholders and team members as required.
• High level of independence, able to function independently and collaboratively.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of AWS, Spark, databases, streaming, containers and Kubernetes.
• Data-intensive application experience (ETL/ELT).

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.