Staff Engineer

Architecting scalable solutions, influencing strategy, and multiplying impact across engineering teams.
Chance to be one of our first team members in Woolworths Group India in Bangalore,

Woolworths Group India is partnering exclusively with Zinnov Group to recruit for this position.

About the role
As a Staff Engineer, you are an expert engineer and high-leverage technical leader who solves the most complex problems across your Sub Domain while scaling your impact across multiple squads. You set the benchmark for coding, testing, and Well-Architected design, ensuring that agreed engineering patterns and guardrails are applied consistently to deliver functional objectives at pace and with high quality.
In partnership with the Principal Engineer you are the thought-leader for your assigned squad(s) on how systems should be designed, deployed, and operated in production. You own the evaluation and selection of pre-approved applications and architectural approaches within the guardrails defined by the Principal Engineer and Domain Architect,



weighing trade-offs across performance, cost, resilience, and maintainability, and you drive the evolution of engineering standards, tooling, and the software development lifecycle to raise the capability of the the engineers in your squad(s) and to contribute to this across the whole team.
You leverage AI-augmented workflows as a force multiplier to accelerate system design, automate governance, and synthesise complex organisational data. AI is a tool in your kit, not a substitute for engineering judgment. You are equally adept at engaging business stakeholders to identify the best technology options for business outcomes, championing a culture of innovation and technical excellence aligned with long-term strategic goals.

What you’ll do
Strategic Architecture, Cloud Design & Scalable Solutions
Architectural Decision Ownership: Lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-performing software solutions.

📌 Staff Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Woolworths Group International
📍 Bengaluru