Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer Location: India, Hybrid This is a hybrid position, which will require the ability to be onsite in our Bengaluru, India office as needed. Candidates must be based in India. ABOUT THE COMPANY: Clari + Salesloft are building the next era of enterprise revenue — one where teams make confident decisions powered by AI and real signals. By combining our scale, insights, and AI innovation, we’re building the industry’s first Predictive Revenue System, enabling humans and AI to work together to make smarter decisions and drive consistent growth. With thousands of customers using our platforms every day, we have an unmatched view into how revenue is actually won — the Revenue Context that reveals what happens, when, and with what outcome. This gives us a unique opportunity to transform an entire category and set a new benchmark for how modern revenue teams operate. Join us to help transform how companies around the world run revenue — and build the platform that will guide leading revenue teams into the future. THE OPPORTUNITY: At Clari + Salesloft, our Principal Software Engineer will be pivotal to our company’s success. You will be a key member of our fast-growing and high-performing team in India. We are looking for experienced hands on Principal Software Engineers who can help realize Clari + Salesloft vision with their passion and proven track record of excellence and innovation. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about their work, loves to get deep into the code, and who thrive working on leading-edge cloud-based technologies to develop ground-breaking AI-driven enterprise-grade applications. On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible to - Proactively research and investigate external products and technologies identifying emerging trends and revise software development best practices to take advantage of these Partner with data engineering, product, infrastructure, and other stakeholder teams to align AI platform initiatives with broader company goals, infrastructure strategy, and innovation roadmap. Drive architecture discussions, design and code reviews and provide timely feedback Implement and evolve critical components of our architecture Drive engineering excellence for the orgs in India and raise the bar on engineering metrics Contribute to hiring strong and diverse talent to strengthen the team Implement robust CI/CD pipelines, Docker containerization, model registries, and experiment tracking to support reproducibility, scalability, and governance in ML and GenAI Contribute actively to internal documentation, onboarding, and training programs, promoting platform adoption and continuous improvement Developing an optimal and scalable architecture for the cloud Drive architecture discussions, design and code reviews and provide timely feedback Collaborating with several cross functional teams, product managers and engineers Proactively research and investigate external products and technologies identifying emerging trends and revise software development best practices to take advantage of these Providing technical guidance and mentoring to team members Implement and evolve critical components of our architecture Hiring strong and diverse talent to strengthen the team In addition to working with amazing colleagues who exemplify our ‘team over self’ core value, you will also have the opportunity to work on an impactful and revolutionary software that is changing the way sellers sell. You will have an opportunity to make a difference. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Principal Engineers at Clari are senior ICs who set the standard for engineering excellence for the entire organization. They are hands-on and work on the challenging technical problems at Clari. They bring clarity and simplification to ambiguous problems and by doing this enable the broader engineering org to implement scalable and extensible solutions aligned with business needs. Principal Engineers are mentors and leaders to the entire tech community at Clari. They are experts in identifying and solving problems before they become engineering velocity inhibitors and have the ability to lead transformative changes to product architectures. They play a key role in multiplying the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team work, listening and guiding debates to help reach a consensus; once a decision is made, clearly communicate and back that decision. We are looking for a Principal Engineer who will focus on contributing to many different areas including our overall architecture, core application features of our revenue platform. You are required to work in the areas such as Activity analytics where you focus on deriving insights from emails, meetings and other forms of communications Data ingestion from different data warehouse sources - (Un/Semi) Structured, Big Data Designing and optimizing ETL systems that process large sets of data into RevDB Systems to generate signals or events from various incoming data in various forms - email, calendar, zoom and other collaboration systems, and enterprise content repositories Build data analytics, machine learning models, derive insights from humongous data at Clari. We work in a collaborative environment and seek exceptional developers who enjoy problem-solving and straying outside the routine. You will also contribute to the growth of Clari by being a Brand Ambassador and assist in the hiring of great talent. If you’re looking for an opportunity to learn more, do more, and become more, then becoming a Principal Software Engineer is the career path for you! THE TEAM: The Engineering Team at Clari + Salesloft is deeply committed to building an enterprise-grade platform that serves as the backbone for our customer's most critical business process - Revenue. With an unrelenting commitment to innovation, our mission is to craft the ultimate revenue intelligence platform for our customers. Rooted in Agile principles, we foster a culture of adaptability and efficiency across all our teams. If you're energized by the prospect of contributing to a dynamic environment that emphasizes collaboration, continuous improvement, and leveraging the forefront of technology to address customer needs, we would love to meet you. THE SKILL SET: 13+ years of professional server development experience using Java, Python and other similar object-oriented languages 10+ years of professional server development experience using Java or similar object-oriented language Experience in building data integrations with a variety of sources. Strong understanding of web-based architecture - web servers, load balancing, caching, databases, etc. Knowledge of SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB) Up-to-date knowledge of latest trends in web application development, including Amazon AWS ecosystem Proven track record of developing applications for performance and scale that are widely used Experience building ETL pipelines, real-time applications and events/signal generation and processing Proven track record of developing applications for performance and scale that are widely used At Clari + Salesloft, we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone belongs and can thrive. We focus on culture add, not culture fit, and believe our teams are made stronger by the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities each person brings. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you’re excited about this role even though your experience may not perfectly match every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We are actively hiring across multiple geographies and would love to welcome passionate, curious, and mission-driven individuals to our growing team. Explore our open roles and consider joining us! #LI-Hybrid Please note that all official communication regarding job opportunities at Clari + Salesloft will come from an @clari.com  or @ salesloft.com email address. 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