Staff Engineer

Position: Staff Software Engineer (India)-MerchTech

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for architecting and building a brand-new, scalable platform that enables business-critical ecommerce capabilities.

This role requires deep full-stack expertise and prior experience in e-commerce SaaS environments. The engineer will design foundational architecture, define technical standards, and deliver a production-grade platform that supports long-term growth, extensibility, and operational excellence.

This is a highly autonomous role with significant influence over system design, technical direction, and engineering best practices.

HOW WILL YOU ACHIEVE SUCCESS

•Designs and launches a scalable, production-ready platform from zero to one.

•Establishes foundational architecture that supports rapid feature expansion and multi-tenant growth.

•Balances speed of delivery with long-term maintainability.

•Implements secure, reliable, observable systems aligned with SaaS best practices.

•Creates extensible APIs and UI layers that enable internal and external consumers.

•Drives engineering standards across testing, CI/CD, code quality, and documentation.

•Anticipates ecommerce-specific challenges

•Acts as a technical leader and mentor while remaining hands-on.

WHAT EXPERIENCES WILL HELP YOU IN THIS ROLE:

• 8-10 years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in platform services. with deep expertise in data platform engineering, backend systems, and front-end application development.

•Proven experience building or significantly contributing to e-commerce SaaS platforms.

•Experience working in high-growth, scaling environments.

Technical Expertise

•Strong backend development experience (Python).

•Strong frontend development experience (React)

•Experience designing RESTful or GraphQL APIs.

•Deep understanding of distributed systems and system design.

•Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.

•Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).

•Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code.

•Knowledge of secure software design principles.

Architectural Strength

•Ability to design systems for scale and extensibility.

•Strong understanding of multi-tenant SaaS architecture.

•Experience handling high-volume data and transaction systems.

•Performance tuning and database optimization experience.

KEY BEHAVIORS

•Ownership: Acts as the technical owner of the platform.

•Foresight: Designs with future scale and extensibility in mind.

•Analytical Thinking: Breaks down complex ecommerce workflows into scalable systems.

•Influence: Shapes engineering direction through strong technical judgment.

•Collaboration: Aligns closely with business stakeholders.

•Tenacity: Drives projects from ambiguous vision to production-ready reality.

Location: India (Remote)

Why Spreetail

Join a high-performing technology organization that values innovation, ownership, and collaboration. You’ll work with talented engineers who care deeply about building scalable systems and driving real business impact. Together, we’ll make Spreetail better.