Senior Staff Software Engineer

About Us :

With electric vehicles expected to be nearly 30% of new vehicle sales by 2025 and more than 50% by 2040, electric mobility is becoming a reality.

ChargePoint is at the center of this revolution, powering one of the worlds leading EV charging networks and a comprehensive set of hardware, software and mobile solutions for every charging need across North America and Europe.

We bring together drivers, businesses, automakers, policymakers, utilities and other stakeholders to make e-mobility a global reality.

Since our founding in 2007, ChargePoint has focused solely on making the transition to electric easy for businesses, fleets and drivers.

ChargePoint offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an all-electric future and a trillion-dollar market. At ChargePoint, we foster a positive and productive work environment by committing to live our values of Be Courageous, Charge Together, Love our Customers, Operate with Openness, and Relentlessly Pursue Awesome.

These values guide how we show up every day, align, and work together to build a brighter future for all of us.

Join the team that is building the EV charging industry and make your mark on how people and goods will get everywhere they need to go, in any context, for generations to come.

Reports To : Software Engineering Manager.

Job Description :

We're looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to be the technical leader and subject matter expert for our API and streaming platform.

In this high-impact role, you will be instrumental in defining and building a world-class API-first strategy, and you will directly influence our long-term technical vision.

This role requires hands-on expertise in all aspects of API development, from architecture and implementation to management and observability.

What You Will Be Doing :

- Lead the technical strategy and hands-on development of our API-first and streaming platform.

- You will serve as the internal subject matter expert, guiding the team in building scalable, reliable, and secure systems.

- Be a hands-on contributor, developing and maintaining a world-class platform.

- Your work will involve building and maintaining core services like Authentication and API Gateway (both public and internal), as well as OCPI-based APIs and Transition Layers.

- Drive the adoption of best practices for API-related functions, including API Management, Gateway, Translation, Migration, Service Mesh, Access Control, Observability, and Documentation.

- You'll work autonomously on highly unique and significant issues where analysis requires a deep understanding of complex, often intangible, factors.

- This role demands conceptual thinking to navigate advanced technical issues and their broader implications.

- Your work will be self-initiated.

- You will proactively uncover and resolve issues related to new technologies and advancements.

- You will lead projects with notable risk and complexity, defining the strategic approach for their execution.

Requirements :

years of experience building back-end software.

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM Majors (Science, Technology Engineering, and Math).

- Good in CS fundamentals data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.

- Working experience of API-related functions, including API Management, Gateway, Translation, Migration, Service Mesh, Access Control, Observability, and Documentation.

- Hands-on with Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Gateway, WebSocket and related technologies.

- Working experience with modern software architecture components (e. Distributed Systems, Containerization, Micro Services, etc.)

- Working experience in one of the cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)

Personal/Leadership Attributes :

- Voices opinions and presents a clear rationale.

- Uses data or factual evidence to influence.

- Learns the organisations vision statement and decision-making framework.

- Able to understand how the team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organisations vision.

- Completes assigned tasks on time and with high quality.

- Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks.

- Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas.

- Takes the initiative to experiment with new software frameworks.

- Adapts to new environments and changing requirements.

- Pivots quickly as needed.

- When coached, responds to need & seeks info from other sources.

Location : Bengaluru, India.

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