# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Apollo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/apollo)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Software Architecture, React, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GCP, Ai-Assisted Development
**Posted:** 2026-09-10

> Sets organization-wide technical direction, owns high-stakes architectural decisions, and shapes Apollo’s AI and agent-focused platform strategy. Requires deep distributed-systems expertise, strong judgment under ambiguity, and the ability to influence and mentor senior engineers across teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Set technical direction across the engineering organization.
- Own the most critical and ambiguous technical problems across teams and organizational boundaries.
- Make and oversee multi-year architectural decisions for the product and platform.
- Define technical strategy for Apollo’s AI and agent-focused product rebuild.
- Establish engineering standards, patterns, and decisions that raise the technical bar.
- Multiply the impact of senior engineers through design, review, and mentorship.
- Partner with engineering and product leadership on technology direction.
- Define AI-native engineering practices and identify opportunities for AI to reshape product development.

## Requirements
- Track record of setting technical direction across an entire engineering organization.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems and software architecture.
- Strong understanding of reliability, scalability, and cost tradeoffs.
- Excellent judgment in ambiguous, high-stakes situations and ability to align multiple teams.
- Record of developing and multiplying the impact of senior engineers.
- Current fluency with AI-assisted software development.

## Technology Stack
- React
- Ruby
- Ruby on Rails
- Python
- MongoDB
- Elasticsearch
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Google Cloud

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