Staff Engineer – Backend Engineering

at Aviatrix

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (APAC), staff, full time, 7+ years

posted 09 Apr 2026

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Golang
RDS
Azure
MSK
ClickHouse
CloudFormation
Kafka
DynamoDB
CDK
EKS
gRPC
Redshift
OpenSearch
Aurora
REST
SQS
Terraform
GCP
CI/CD
SNS
AWS
Lambda
Kubernetes

About the role

Posted: 2026-04-09

What you would do

Architecture & Technical Contribution

- Own design and delivery of backend platform features, breaking down complex projects into scoped tasks

- Contribute to architecture discussions on scalability, fault tolerance, multi-tenancy, and operational simplicity

- Collaborate on core platform services using AWS-managed services (Aurora, MSK/Kafka, ClickHouse)

- Evaluate trade-offs on technology choices, system boundaries, and API contracts; write clear design docs

Backend Engineering Excellence

- Design high-performance microservices using gRPC, REST, and event-driven patterns (Golang preferred)

- Reinforce best practices for observability, resiliency, and SLO-driven operations

- Contribute to supportability (runbooks, diagnostics) and apply security best practices across service boundaries

- Participate in design reviews, capacity planning, and incident retrospectives

Mentorship & Collaboration

- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and 1-on-1s

- Collaborate with Product Management; participate in on-call and incident RCA; support recruiting as needed

What they are looking for

- 7+ years software engineering experience, with some mentoring experience

- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

- Experience on a SaaS/PaaS product with high-availability, multi-tenancy exposure; comfortable with ambiguity

Backend & Microservices

- Strong Golang preferred; production-grade gRPC microservices experience a plus

- Solid grasp of distributed systems (consistency, fault tolerance, service discovery, circuit breaking, back-pressure)

- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, OS, and systems programming

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What comes with it

US: We cover 100% of employee premiums and 88% of dependent(s) premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) match, short and long-term disability, life/AD&D insurance, $1,000/year education reimbursement, and a flexible vacation policy.

Outside the US: We offer a comprehensive benefits package which, (subject to regional variations) could include pension, private medical for you and dependents, generous holiday allowance, life assurance, long-term disability, annual wellbeing stipend

Your total compensation package will be based on job-related knowledge, education, certifications and location, per our aligned ranges.

About Aviatrix  Aviatrix® is the cloud network security company trusted by more than 500 of the world’s leading enterprises. As cloud infrastructures become more complex and costly, the Aviatrix Cloud Network Security platform gives companies back the power, control, security, and simplicity they need to modernize their cloud strategies. Aviatrix is the only secure networking solution built specifically for the cloud, that ensures companies are ready for AI and what’s next. Combined with the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) Program, the industry’s leading secure multicloud networking certification, Aviatrix unifies cloud, networking, and security teams and unlocks greater potential across any cloud.

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