Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer (Technical Leader), you will provide technical leadership for a Scrum team while shaping the architecture and longterm technical direction of the product. You will own systemlevel design decisions, guide teams through complex technical challenges, and ensure scalable, highquality delivery. This role blends handson engineering with mentorship, crossfunctional collaboration, and strategic influence to elevate both product outcomes and engineering maturity.

Roles and ResponsibilitiesTechnical

- Own and drive the technical design and architecture of large systems, feature areas, and critical components.
- Lead architectural discussions, design reviews, and technical decisionmaking across one or more Scrum teams.
- Define and evolve clean interfaces, data flows and system boundaries across modules and services.
- Make highimpact technology and design decisions through deep analysis, tradeoff evaluation, and longterm impact assessment.
- Establish and uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, performance, security, and reliability.
- Proactively identify and address scalability, performance, and resiliency concerns at a system level.
- Serve as a technical authority in core data structures, algorithms, and the primary technology stack.

Process & Delivery

- Partner with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to shape technical roadmaps and align execution with product vision.
- Provide technical input into scope definition, planning, estimation, and risk assessment.
- Guide the breakdown of complex epics into executable stories while ensuring architectural integrity.
- Enable consistent, predictable delivery in a fastpaced Agile setting.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, CI/CD pipelines, and development practices.




- Balance shortterm delivery needs with longterm technical sustainability.

Mentorship & Organizational Impact

- Act as the technical leader for the Scrum team, influencing engineering practices beyond direct reporting lines.
- Mentor Senior and midlevel engineers, raising the overall technical bar and engineering judgment across the team.
- Provide thoughtful, timely code reviews focused on design quality, maintainability, and system impact.
- Identify and resolve technical blockers, dependencies, and crossteam coordination challenges.
- Champion engineering best practices and foster a culture of ownership, learning, and accountability.
- Serve as a trusted partner to architects, product leaders, UX, and other engineering teams.

Education & Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field.
- 10+ years of professional software development experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
- Proven experience leading architecture and design in Agile/Scrum environments.

Desired Characteristics

- Deep expertise in modern C++ (C++14) and largescale, productionquality system design.
- Strong experience with embedded Linux development and close collaboration with hardware teams.
- Advanced knowledge of Yocto, IP networking, device drivers, interfaces, and embedded system architecture.
- Solid experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD, and containerization (Docker).
- Strong background in network programming, including TCP/IP and socketlevel development in C++.
- Prior experience with DDS (Data Distribution Service) or similar distributed communication frameworks.
- Ability to influence technical direction, communicate complex concepts clearly, and lead through expertise rather than authority.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Locations: Bengaluru, Karntaka, India, 560066

📌 Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead) (Bengaluru)
🏢 GE Healthcare
📍 Bengaluru