About this role
About Us
Automation Anywhere is the leader in Agentic Process Automation (APA), transforming how work gets done with AI-powered automation. Its APA system, built on the industry’s first Process Reasoning Engine (PRE) and specialized AI agents, combines process discovery, RPA, end-to-end orchestration, document processing, and analytics—all delivered with enterprise-grade security and governance. Guided by its vision to fuel the future of work, Automation Anywhere helps organizations worldwide boost productivity, accelerate growth, and unleash human potential.
Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer Location Bengaluru, India (Onsite)
Job Summary We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and hands-on development across our full technology stack. This role will drive the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performing applications while mentoring engineering teams and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in both backend and frontend technologies, strong system design capabilities, and a passion for building enterprise-grade solutions that deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership
• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of large-scale distributed systems and modern web applications. • Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes. • Drive technical strategy and influence product and platform roadmaps. • Conduct architecture reviews and ensure scalability, reliability, security, and performance. • Mentor senior engineers and contribute to technical growth across engineering teams. Backend Engineering
• Design and develop microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures. • Build highly scalable and resilient backend systems. • Collaborate with platform teams to improve cloud infrastructure and operational excellence. • Optimize application performance, data processing, and system reliability. • Implement observability through monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions. Collaboration & Innovation
• Work closely with Product Management, Architecture, Security, DevOps, and Engineering teams. • Evaluate emerging technologies and drive adoption where appropriate. • Participate in strategic planning, technical roadmaps, and innovation initiatives.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. • 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5+ years in technical leadership roles. • Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale software solutions. • Strong expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native development. • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Technical Skills
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. • Strong expertise in Core Java, including: • Concurrency and Multithreading • Generics • Collections Framework • JVM internals, Garbage Collection, Memory Management
• Strong understanding of Operating System concepts, Containers, and Hypervisors. • Expertise in RESTful API design, versioning, security, and performance optimization. • Experience designing and building distributed systems at scale. • Deep understanding of: • Microservices architecture • Event-driven architecture • Service-to-service communication patterns
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP). • Strong knowledge of: • Kubernetes and container orchestration • CI/CD pipelines • Infrastructure as Code
• Expertise in database design and performance optimization: • SQL databases • NoSQL databases • Data modeling and indexing strategies
• Strong understanding of: • System reliability • Observability • Monitoring • Logging • Distributed tracing
• Experience with system performance analysis, tuning, and troubleshooting in production environments. • Knowledge of security best practices, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure software development. AI and Modern Engineering
• Understanding of AI-powered applications, AI agents, Agentic workflows, and LLM-based solutions. • Understanding MCP, tool-calling frameworks, RAG architecture, prompt engineering, and AI system evaluation.
All unsolicited resumes submitted to any @automationanywhere.com email address, whether submitted by an individual or by an agency, will not be eligible for an agency fee.