Staff Software Developer, Back End
Software Engineering
India
As a Staff Software Developer, you will be a part of the Core Engineering team building and maintaining Vena's cloud-native SaaS platform. You will play a key role in maintaining, modernizing, and evolving Vena's core product. Staff Developers at Vena act as an architect-in-the-team, driving high-quality delivery of improvements while staying hands-on and contributing to the codebase. This role is a match for you if you take pride in doing important, foundational work well, and you are excited by the challenge of modernizing complex systems without disrupting the customers who depend on them every day.
- Department
- Core Engineering
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- India - Resident (0008)
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- ₹3,799,461 - ₹5,140,448 / year
How You'll Make an Impact
- Guide the team on designing, building, and testing improvements, upgrades, and performance optimizations to Vena's core platform.
- Identify and resolve the hardest bugs and most complex technical challenges in foundational systems.
- Engage other teams to address broader technical, product, or team effectiveness issues.
- Upskill others on the team, helping those around you grow technically and become better software developers.
- Drive major initiatives that improve product quality, code quality, performance, or capability -- including modernization efforts on our core infrastructure.
- Innovate on technical solutions and build excitement around implementing them collaboratively.
- Partner with architecture and product teams to build the team's roadmap of technical improvements and new features.
- Contribute to a collaborative culture of engineering excellence that continuously improves and pursues knowledge around emerging technologies, languages, and practices.
- Champion long-term codebase health by ensuring technical debt is appropriately identified, prioritized, and addressed during sprint and quarterly planning.
- Drive the adoption of AI-driven development practices and innovative tooling to enhance engineering productivity and accelerate high-quality software delivery.
We'd Love to See
- 5-8 years of experience in software development with a strong focus on back end / server-side engineering
- Strong proficiency in Java and experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs
- Interest in AI and willingness to explore AI-driven solutions to enhance performance and drive efficiencies
- Experience with Dropwizard or Spring Boot (Dropwizard experience is a strong plus)
- Experience working on and modernizing large, established codebases
- Experience in object-oriented methodologies and design patterns
- Foundational understanding of algorithms and computational complexity
- Prior experience leading technical projects and mentoring others to improve their technical skills
- Prior experience in a Scrum / Agile environment
- Experience working on distributed teams with team members in different geographies
- Self-motivated and self-directed with a passion for engineering excellence
- Experience with RESTful APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps or Jenkins
- Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline and/or equivalent experience
About Vena Solutions
Headquartered in Toronto with a global reach, we help finance teams work smarter using the tools they already love (yes, we’re talking about Excel!). Trusted by over 1,800 organizations and 150,000+ users every day, Vena Solutions brings clarity to complexity.
We're a people led company that leads with our CORE values (Customer Trust, One Team, Respect & Authenticity and Execution Excellence) and are driven by our mission
Why Choose Us:
💰 Compensation
🎓 Personal Growth & Learning
🧘♀️ Health & Wellness
🌍 Global Reach
🌴 Time Off
🏡 Flexibility
✨ AI-Powered Innovation
We empower team members at every level to actively explore AI best practices, identify meaningful opportunities to apply AI in their work, and champion innovative solutions that drive impact.
By fostering a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use, we’re building a future where AI enhances how we work, think, and lead. From automating workflows to enhancing insights, AI is woven into everything we do.