Staff Software Engineer - Data
Description
Our Mission
Our mission is to multiply what matters: growth, retention, and efficiency. We envision a future where companies, teams and people reach their full potential.
Our People
People are the heart and soul of 6sense. We serve with passion and purpose. We live by our Being 6sense values of Win as One Team, Stay Curious, Do The Right Thing, Own the Outcome, and Create Belonging. Every 6sensor plays a part in defining the future of our industry-leading technology. 6sense is a place where difference-makers roll up their sleeves, take risks, act with integrity, and measure success by the value we create for our customers. We want 6sense to be the best chapter of your career.
Job Title
Staff Software Engineer - Data
Location
Bengaluru, IN
About the Role
This is a senior individual contributor role for engineers who enjoy owning complex systems end‑to‑end, influencing technical direction across teams, and solving problems where correctness, scale, and reliability really matter. You’ll work on problems that don’t have obvious answers and your decisions will shape how data flows through 6sense for years to come.
What will you own:
Lead Large‑Scale Data Systems
Design, build, and evolve high‑throughput batch and streaming data pipelines that process billions of records. Own core datasets that power product features, analytics, and ML systems. Build systems that handle enrichment, deduplication, identity resolution, and confidence scoring at scale.
Drive Architecture & Technical Direction
Define long‑term architecture for foundational data platforms. Lead complex, multi‑quarter initiatives such as platform migrations, major refactors, and new data foundations. Balance data correctness, freshness, cost, and performance in real‑world production systems.
Ensure Reliability & Data Quality
Own SLAs/SLOs for data freshness, accuracy, and completeness. Design data quality frameworks, reconciliation mechanisms, and observability for critical pipelines. Lead root‑cause analysis and long term fixes for production issues.
Collaborate Across the Company
Partner with Product, Analytics, Data Science, Platform, and GTM teams to translate business needs into scalable data solutions. Act as a technical point of contact for third party data integrations and vendors.
Raise the Engineering Bar
Mentor senior engineers and influence technical standards across the org. Lead by example in design reviews, operational ownership, and incident response. Help shape engineering best practices around scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Leverage generative AI and AI coding tools to accelerate developer productivity, engineering workflows, and automation of repetitive tasks
What We’re Looking For
Experience
10+ years of experience building backend or data intensive systems. Proven ownership of mission critical data platforms in production. Experience operating at Senior or Staff engineer scope. Understanding of AI-native software development practices, including automated code generation, AI-driven testing, and human-in-the-loop review systems Proven ability to adopt and drive modern engineering paradigms, particularly integrating AI into development workflows to improve productivity, quality, and delivery speed
Technical Skills
Strong programming skills in Python and SQL. Deep experience with big‑data and streaming systems such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hive, Trino/Presto. Solid understanding of distributed systems, data consistency, and fault tolerance. Hands‑on experience with AWS based data infrastructure.
Engineering Mindset
Comfortable working in ambiguity and making high impact technical decisions. Strong intuition for data modeling, system design, and long term maintainability. Ability to influence teams without formal authority.
AI‑Enabled Development
Experience using AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor) to improve productivity in design, coding, and debugging. Strong judgment on validating correctness and performance.
Nice to Have
Experience with company or people data, identity graphs, or enrichment pipelines. Exposure to data privacy, compliance, or governance at scale. Experience supporting AI/ML driven product features.
Why This Role Matters
The systems you build will directly impact
Product accuracy and customer trust GTM targeting and revenue outcomes The scalability of 6sense’s AI‑driven platform You won’t just ship features, you’ll shape the foundation.
One‑Line Summary
Own and evolve large scale, business critical data platforms that power 6sense’s AI‑driven products.
Our Benefits
Full-time employees can take advantage of health coverage, paid parental leave, generous paid time-off and holidays, quarterly self-care days off, and stock options. We’ll make sure you have the equipment and support you need to work and connect with your teams, at home or in one of our offices. We have a growth mindset culture that is represented in all that we do, from onboarding through to numerous learning and development initiatives including access to our LinkedIn Learning platform. Employee well-being is also top of mind for us. We host quarterly wellness education sessions to encourage self care and personal growth. From wellness days to ERG-hosted events, we celebrate and energize all 6sense employees and their backgrounds.
Equal Opportunity Employer
6sense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to jobs@6sense.com . We are aware of recruiting impersonation attempts that are not affiliated with 6sense in any way. A ll email communications from 6sense will originate from the @6sense.com domain . We will not initially contact you via text message and will never request payments . If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official 6sense employee, reach out to jobs@ 6sense.com