About the Role:

We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Cloud Platform team and take ownership of the architecture and evolution of our multi-tenant SaaS platform. You will work at the intersection of backend engineering and cloud infrastructure, designing and building the systems that power our control plane and data plane at scale.

This is a high-impact, high-ownership role. You will be a technical anchor for the team: driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and partnering with product and infrastructure leaders to shape the future of our cloud platform.

What you'll do:

Architecture & Design
Own end-to-end architecture for the cloud platform, spanning control plane and data plane
Design multi-tenant systems with robust isolation, security, and resource governance
Define platform abstractions that work across hybrid settings: AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises
Drive architectural reviews, RFCs, and ensure decisions are well-reasoned, documented, and scalable

Control Plane
Architect and build systems for tenant provisioning, lifecycle management,



and configuration
Design cluster orchestration and management systems that operate reliably at scale
Build APIs and automation that enable self-service for operators and tenants
Ensure control plane is highly available, auditable, and observable

Data Plane
Design data path components for high-throughput, low-latency workloads
Build and enforce isolation boundaries between tenants at the data layer
Optimise for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency at scale

Engineering Excellence
Set technical direction and coding standards for the platform team
Identify and address systemic risks — reliability, scalability, security, and operability
Partner with SRE and DevOps on observability, incident response, and capacity planning

Mentorship & Leadership
Mentor and grow senior and mid-level engineers
Contribute to hiring — define bar, conduct interviews, help build t

📌 Staff Engineer Bengaluru (India)
🏢 ThoughtSpot
📍 India