Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Staff R&D; Engineer to own significant capabilities in a platform that evaluates third-party and open-source components before they enter development and build environments. The role supports a broad product portfolio, with a robust foundation in C, C++, and Perforce, plus Python-based automation and integrations. The engineer will connect curation controls to Jenkins, GitHub or Azure DevOps Server, Black Duck, and JFrog while accommodating additional languages and build ecosystems where required .

What Success Looks Like

The engineer independently delivers and operates major curation capabilities, covers the needs of C/C++ products using Perforce, enables adoption across varied product teams, and improves decision quality, traceability, and developer experience.

Key Qualifications

- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, information security, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong hands-on software engineering experience in C and C++.
- Hands-on experience with Perforce in a production software-development environment.
- Experience with Python for automation, integration, services, or data-processing tasks.
- Experience with Jenkins and with at least one of GitHub or Azure DevOps Server.
- Experience using Black Duck and JFrog in SSDLC, software composition analysis,



artifact management, or software supply-chain workflows.
- Ability to support products that use programming languages and build ecosystems beyond C, C++, and Python.
- Ability to communicate complex technical decisions clearly in English.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex backend services or enterprise developer-platform capabilities.
- Practical knowledge of software composition analysis, vulnerability metadata, open-source licensing, or provenance.

Key Responsibilities

- Own the design, implementation, testing, and operation of major curation capabilities.
- Develop services that normalize package, vulnerability, license, and provenance information.
- Implement robust integrations for Perforce-based development and Jenkins automation.
- Integrate Black Duck and JFrog into component assessment, artifact, policy, and evidence workflows.

- Provide compatible patterns for GitHub and Azure DevOps Server environments.
- Lead technical reviews, diagnose complex failures, and drive sustainable improvements.
- Mentor engineers and create reusable implementation patterns.

Preferred Experience

- Knowledge of SBOM and VEX formats such as CycloneDX or SPDX.
- Experience with containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, or cloud-native operations.

📌 Senior Staff R&D Engineer - Software Supply Chain Curation (Hyderabad)
🏢 Synopsys
📍 Hyderabad