Staff Engineer / Lead SDE

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Staff Engineer/Lead SDE | YOptima | Bangalore (On-Site)

About YOptima
YOptima is India’s foremost programmatic marketing company, enabling brands to plan, measure, and optimize brand investments to accelerate business growth via data and AI. We’re on a transformative journey to repurpose our tech stack into globally relevant self-serve platforms that bring the power of automation, intelligence, and transparency to digital marketers.

Why This Role Matters
We’re looking for a Staff Engineer / Lead SDE to lead the architecture and execution of our GenAI-powered, self-serve marketing platforms. You will work directly with the leadership team to shape, build, and scale products that change how marketers interact with data and AI. This is intrapreneurship in action — not a sandbox innovation lab, but a real-world product with traction, velocity, and high stakes.

What You'll Do
Co-own product architecture and direction alongside the leadership team.
Build GenAI-native, full-stack platforms from MVP to scale — powered by LLMs, agents, and predictive AI.
Own the full stack: React (frontend), Node.js/Python (backend), GCP (infra), BigQuery (data), and vector databases (AI).
Lead a lean, high-caliber team with a hands-on, unblock-and-coach mindset.
Drive rapid iteration with rigor, balancing short-term delivery with long-term resilience.
Ensure scalability, observability, and fault tolerance in multi-tenant, cloud-native environments.
Bridge business and tech — aligning execution with evolving user and market insights.

What You Bring
8–12 years of experience building and scaling full-stack, data-heavy or AI-driven products.
Fluency in React, Node.js, and Google Cloud (Functions, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Airflow, etc.).
Hands-on experience with GenAI tools (LangChain, OpenAI APIs, LlamaIndex) is a bonus.
Track record of shipping products from ambiguity to impact.
Strong product mindset — your goal is user value, not just elegant code.
Architectural leadership with ownership of engineering rigor and scaling best practices.
Startup or founder DNA — you’ve built things from scratch and know how to move fast without breaking things.

Who You Are
A former founder, senior IC, or tech lead who’s done zero-to-one and 1-to-n scaling.
Hungry for ownership and velocity — frustrated by bureaucracy or stagnation.
You code because you care about solving real problems for real users.
You’re pragmatic, hands-on, and grounded in first principles.
You understand that great software isn't just shipped — it's hardened, maintained, and evolves with minimal manual effort.
You’re open to evolving into a founding engineer role with influence over the tech vision and culture.

What You Get
A chance to build global products out of India with full-stack and GenAI innovation.
Access to high-context decision-making and direct collaboration with the senior management.
A tight, ego-free team and a culture that values clarity, ownership, learning, and candor.

Why YOptima?
YOptima is redefining how leading marketers unlock growth through full-funnel, AI-powered media solutions. As part of our growth journey, this is your opportunity to own the growth charter for leading brands and agencies globally and shape the narrative of a next-generation marketing platform.
Ready to lead, build, and scale?
We’d love to hear from you.