Senior Staff, Software Engineering Tools

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The Product and Software Tools team develops scalable software platforms and engineering solutions that support Qualcomm's global ecosystem of customers, equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors, and application developers. Our work spans developer tools, automation frameworks, backend services, cloud-enabled platforms, and workflow orchestration systems that accelerate product development and improve engineering productivity.

We are committed to building secure, reliable, and innovative solutions that enable engineering teams to deliver high-quality products efficiently and at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, and maintenance of scalable software tools, backend services, APIs, and platform applications.

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision for engineering productivity, automation, and platform modernization initiatives.

• Architect highly available, secure, and maintainable solutions that address current business needs while supporting future growth.

• Develop high-performance backend systems, workflow automation frameworks, reporting platforms, and engineering dashboards.

• Design and implement integrations across internal platforms, databases, cloud services, and external systems.

• Drive technical reviews, architecture discussions, proof-of-concept evaluations, and technology selection decisions.

• Champion engineering excellence through improvements in software quality, observability, performance, security, testing, deployment, and operational reliability.

• Partner closely with QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, Product Management, and Engineering teams to ensure successful end-to-end solution delivery.

• Establish and promote best practices for software architecture, development, code quality, documentation, and maintainability.

• Mentor engineers across multiple experience levels through technical coaching, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for automation, process optimization, and productivity improvements.

• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and drive execution across geographically distributed teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, / Electrical/Electronics Engineering,

• 12+ years of professional software development experience, with significant experience in backend systems, platform engineering, and tools development.

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering large-scale software applications, developer tools, or enterprise platforms.

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with backend technologies such as Java, C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Spring Boot, or comparable frameworks.

• 8+ years of experience working with relational databases, data modeling, query optimization, and scalable data architectures.

• Strong expertise in REST API design, distributed systems, and enterprise software architecture.

• Demonstrated success in leading complex technical initiatives from concept through deployment and ongoing support.

• Proven ability to influence technical direction and drive alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of overall software engineering experience.

• 10+ years of experience building engineering productivity tools, automation frameworks, validation platforms, CI/CD systems, release engineering solutions, or developer-facing platforms.

• 5+ years of experience providing technical leadership through architecture ownership, technical mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration.

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing distributed systems, microservices, cloud-native applications, or highly scalable backend platforms.

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, and modern DevOps practices.

• Strong understanding of system design, security, observability, performance engineering, and reliability principles.

• Demonstrated track record of delivering strategic initiatives that drive measurable improvements in engineering efficiency, scalability, or operational effectiveness.

• Experience working in large-scale, globally distributed engineering organizations.

Leadership Expectations

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will serve as a highly influential technical leader who drives engineering excellence across multiple teams and initiatives. You are expected to:

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across organizational boundaries.

• Define and influence long-term technology strategy and platform direction.

• Lead critical design reviews and make high-impact architectural decisions.

• Mentor Staff Engineers, Senior Engineers, and emerging technical leaders.

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence through innovation, automation, and continuous improvement.

• Partner with engineering and business leadership to align technical investments with strategic objectives.

• Drive execution and accountability for large-scale technical initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

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Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

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PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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