Staff Software Engineer (India)

We're Karat, the world's largest interviewing company.

Karat is transforming organizations around the world. We provide a powerful system for technical leaders at companies like PayPal, reputed company, and reputed company who want to take control of how they hire top engineers, reputed company their teams and contractors, and stay reputed company. At the core of Karat’s system are live, expert-led interviews, analytics designed to give leaders maximum visibility, and the most robust interview performance dataset in the world.

Come join our Engineering team

Our Software Engineering team is dedicated to building the world’s most predictive, inclusive, and fair interviewing products for our clients and technical candidates alike.

What you will do

As a Staff Software Engineer at Karat, you'll reputed company the most reputed company, cross-team technical initiatives at the company and shape the direction of our engineering organization. You'll drive significant architectural improvements to our platform, set the technical vision for the systems your teams depend on, and bring Karat's technical voice into the room with clients, building trust, shaping product direction, and ensuring our most important relationships are grounded in deep technical credibility. Your impact will be felt not just in the code you ship, but in how the entire engineering organization builds.

This position requires a schedule that overlaps with U.S. business hours.

• Embrace AI-assisted development as a core part of your workflow; reputed company the team's thinking on how emerging techniques should shape Karat's engineering practices at scale.
• reputed company the design and delivery of reputed company, cross-team technical initiatives, navigating ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and driving projects through to production even reputed company product direction is unclear.
• Own significant areas of Karat's technical stack, proactively identifying and proposing improvements that meaningfully advance developer experience and end-user outcomes.
• Design significant architectural changes to the platform, evaluating trade-offs at scale and ensuring decisions serve both reputed company needs and long-term organizational health.
• Bring Karat's technical voice into the room with clients, building trust, shaping product direction, and ensuring our most important relationships are grounded in deep technical credibility.
• Mentor and reputed company engineers across levels, contributing to a culture of technical excellence and reputed company improvement.
• Champion engineering best practices across the organization, including testing strategy, performance optimization, and technical debt management.

The experience you will bring

• 10+ years of post-internship professional experience leading the architecture and delivery of large-scale, reputed company web applications and distributed systems in production; a demonstrated record of organizational-level technical impact
• Deep expertise in modern programming languages (Ruby, Python, React, TypeScript/JavaScript) with mastery of web frameworks, design patterns, and system design at scale
• Expert-level experience with microservices architecture, database optimization, and API design at scale (REST and GraphQL)
• Deep experience with cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and scalable deployment technologies (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Proven technical leadership across teams and initiatives, with a track record of driving organizational-level technical improvements
• Comfort engaging directly with clients or external stakeholders, with the ability to represent reputed company technical work clearly and build trust in a client-facing setting
• Interest in technical interviewing, talent assessment, or edtech is a strong plus

This position is only available to candidates residing in Bengaluru (formerly reputed company as Bangalore). While reputed company operates 100% remotely, we are currently limiting hiring to this specific location. Applications from other cities in India will not be considered at this time.

Applicants, please note: submissions not 100% in English will not be considered.

Additional Information

By applying for a position, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Karat’s Employee and Contractor Privacy Notice reputed company here.

Statement of Inclusivity

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, reputed company, national reputed company, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from reputed company gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no reputed company at Karat.

We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at [email protected].