This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 2000000 - Rs 7000000 (ie INR 20-70 LPA)
Min Experience: 6 years
Location: Chennai
JobType: full-time
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain system-level services and libraries in our large scale, distributed platform written in a variety of programming languages.
- Build robust abstractions for process management, synchronization, and messaging across distributed cluster nodes with a focus on fault tolerance and scalability.
- Diagnose issues like unexpected crashes, hangs, failure recovery problems, performance bottlenecks, or resource leaks.
- Perform root cause analysis work for incidents reported on customer systems.
- Contribute to architectural discussions that shape the platform’s core functionality and long-term scalability
- Ensure timely delivery of high-impact software initiatives and platform enhancements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate operational and business requirements into technical solutions.
- Champion Agile methodologies and CI/CD practices to ensure fast, reliable delivery of platform features.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in Linux systems programming or software development of production grade services on top of Linux.
- Strong proficiency in C++ and the ability to work with code written in a variety of languages.
- Experience in system-level programming (directly interacting with the Linux APIs, creating system services, etc.).
- Deep understanding of Linux internals, including kernel interfaces, process/thread management, memory handling.
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex system issues, especially in distributed or clustered environments.
- Experience with Agile engineering practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams.