Staff Software Engineer

About the role

As a Staff Engineer on the Embedded Analytics team at ThoughtSpot, you will lead the design and development of scalable backend systems powering our embedded analytics offerings.

You’ll bring deep Java expertise, architectural thinking, and a strong developer experience mindset. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll mentor engineers, drive system design, and collaborate cross-functionally to build high-impact, extensible features.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, distributed backend systems using Java and related technologies.
• Contribute to and influence the foundational architecture of the Embedded Analytics platform.
• Enhance the developer experience through intuitive, well-documented APIs and tools.
• Ensure seamless integration via multiple exposure paths such as SDKs, REST APIs, webhooks, and model context protocols (MCP).
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues to ensure high availability and performance.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across the team.
• Promote best practices in design, testing, code quality, CI/CD, and observability.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Continuously evaluate and improve system design, processes, and architecture

What you bring

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 9+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Expertise in Java and familiarity with modern backend languages e.g., Python, GoLang.
• Proven experience in building and operating scalable, distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of system design, architecture patterns (microservices, API gateways), and backend best practices.
• Strong focus on developer experience and API usability.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineers effectively

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous exposure in maintaining and authoring Public APIs is a huge plus
• Familiarity of Model context protocols (MCP) and agent-to-agent (A2A) communication patterns
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) or Graph databases.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience building APIs or SDKs for external developer use.
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical blogs.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation tools.