Hybrid Staff Software Engineer

at FourKites, Inc.

• Job title: Staff Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Java, JavaScript, Microservices, MongoDB, Postgres, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SDLC, Spring
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chennai, India

About the role

• Staff Software Engineer handling AI systems, leading backend development at FourKites. Architecting advanced backend systems within a scalable and event-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• You will architect advanced backend systems, lead large-scale development efforts, and ensure codebase scalability across a high-throughput, event-driven environment.
• You will simultaneously drive the integration of LLM-powered agents within those services — designing tool-use patterns, audit trails, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints that meet enterprise reliability standards.
• You will mentor SSE/SE engineers, lead in-depth technical analysis and root cause investigations, and act as a recognized technical expert who guides the team's problem-solving and AI adoption maturity forward.
• Develop, test and maintain backend applications
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Design and implement data models and database schemas
• Collaborate with the frontend team to integrate the backend with the user interface
• Perform code reviews and ensure code quality standards are met
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Implement code with very high coverage of unit tests and component tests
• Cross-training peers and mentoring teammates
• Work with the DevOps team to deploy and manage applications in production
• Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with new technologies and industry trends

Requirements

• Experience in Design, architect, implement, test, profile, release, and optimize highest quality software/services
• Strong understanding of Object-oriented programming principles
• Good knowledge of Java + Spring, GoLang, Ruby on Rails
• Experience in Cloud: Azure and Amazon Web Services
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, or MongoDB
• Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Good knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, security, scalability, architecture, and best practices
• Strong knowledge of Git (branches, submodules, rebasing) and other Agile tools such as JIRA & Confluence.
• Agile SDLC experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience in distributed systems and microservices Architecture, backend system design, data engineering and AI Agent Integration & Applied AI Engineering

Benefits

• Medical benefits start on first day of employment
• 36 PTO days( Sick, Casual and Earned) , 5 recharge days, 2 volunteer days
• Home Office set ups and Technology reimbursement
• Lifestyle & Family benefits
• Mental Wellness support and guidance
• Ongoing learning & development opportunities ( Professional development program, Toast Master club etc.)