Engineer, Staff
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Cloud Engineering
In short
Qualcomm is hiring a Staff Engineer in Bangalore to lead the design and development of rack management software for AI accelerator products. This role focuses on secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure software for data center environments, involving provisioning, monitoring, and orchestration.
Responsibilities
- Own architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure software for rack-scale and distributed environments.
- Lead development of high-performance, security-critical services, balancing concurrency, fault tolerance, isolation, and system reliability.
- Define and evolve secure control-plane designs, including APIs and automation for provisioning, orchestration, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Establish and drive security design patterns and best practices for multi-tenant infrastructure, including isolation, access control, and resource governance.
- Collaborate across software, hardware, firmware, and platform teams for cohesive system behavior and end-to-end security.
- Lead or participate in architecture reviews, threat modeling, and design discussions.
- Design and implement observability strategies (telemetry, logging, tracing) for operational reliability and security visibility.
- Contribute to technical direction, documentation, and continuous improvement of infrastructure and security practices.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building infrastructure, platform, or distributed systems, including systems operating at scale or close to hardware.
- Demonstrated experience owning technical design or architecture for complex software systems, including making and documenting significant design tradeoffs.
- Strong proficiency in Python or Go; experience with C++ or other systems-level languages is a plus.
- Experience building or securing control-plane services, internal platforms, or developer-facing infrastructure APIs.
- Practical experience designing for secure, multi-tenant environments, including authentication, authorization, isolation, and resource controls.
- Hands-on experience with Linux-based systems and containerized environments; familiarity with Kubernetes security mechanisms (e.g., RBAC, network policies) preferred.
- Experience applying secure software development practices, such as threat modeling, design reviews, security testing, and incident analysis.
- Proven ability to influence technical decisions across teams through design reviews, documentation, and technical leadership.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of work experience with one or more programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, or similar.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with C++ or other systems-level languages is a plus.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes security mechanisms (e.g., RBAC, network policies) preferred.
Benefits
- Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.
- Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process for individuals with disabilities.
- Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process.
- Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
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Company
Qualcomm
Job Posted
23 hours ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Bangalore, India
Qualification
Bachelor, Master, Doctoral
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