ABBYY
AI and intelligent automation
StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at ABBYY. Skills: C++, CI/CD pipelines, microservices architecture, distributed system design, cloud-native patterns, mentorship, technical innovation, GenAI model integrations. translate business priorities into actionable technical roadmaps. Lead initiatives to improve Vantage platform health at scale: service decomposition, observability, CI/CD maturity, and developer productivity”
What You'll Achieve.
driving your growth; fueling ours; improve Vantage platform health at scale; systemic reliability improvements; strengthen ABBYY's Document AI differentiation
Industry & Context.
solve highly complex problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10–13 years of professional software engineering experience, deep expertise in C++, Demonstrated ability to work with multiple programming languages, willingness to work with both C#. NET and C++, Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating CI/CD pipelines for building, testing, and deploying workflows using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps Pipelines, command of microservices architecture, distributed system design, cloud-native patterns at enterprise scale, Demonstrated ability to mentor Senior and Mid-level Engineers, partner with Engineering Managers on technical direction, Experience leading technical design reviews, influencing architectural decisions across team and product boundaries
Nice to Have
Experience in cloud, preferably using Microsoft Azure (AKS, Storage, Key Vaults, Azure SQL or equivalent), Track record of delivering production-grade systems that meet enterprise compliance, security, and reliability standards, Hands-on experience designing and operating workflow-driven systems (orchestration, retries, timeouts, and state management), Experience integrating Machine Learning, Neural Networks or LLMs into enterprise applications and workflows, Comfort operating across a globally distributed engineering organization spanning multiple regions and cultures
What You'll Do.
translate business priorities into actionable technical roadmaps
Lead initiatives to improve Vantage platform health at scale: service decomposition
and developer productivity
Own high-severity incident response for Vantage cloud drive post-mortems and systemic reliability improvements
Mentor Senior and Principal Engineers on the Vantage build a culture of technical rigor
and continuous learning
Evaluate and champion adoption of new technologies – from GenAI model integrations to cloud-native tooling – that strengthen ABBYY's Document AI differentiation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partner with Engineering Managers on technical direction; Experience leading technical design reviews and influencing architectural decisions across team and product boundaries; operating across a globally distributed engineering organization spanning multiple regions and cultures
Process & Methodology
translate business priorities into actionable technical roadmaps
Full Job Description
Join ABBYY and be part of a team that celebrates your unique work style. With flexible work options, a supportive team, and rewards that reflect your value, you can focus on what matters most – driving your growth, while fueling ours. Our commitment to respect, transparency, and simplicity means you can trust us to always choose to do the right thing. As a trusted partner for purpose-built AI and intelligent automation, we solve highly complex problems for our enterprise customers and put their information to work to transform the way they do business. Over 10,000 customers trust ABBYY, including many Fortune 500 ones. You will work on further developing a portfolio already containing client names such as DHL, Johnson translate business priorities into actionable technical roadmaps. Platform Improvement: Lead initiatives to improve Vantage platform health at scale: service decomposition, observability, CI/CD maturity, and developer productivity. Operational Excellence: Own high-severity incident response for Vantage cloud services; drive post-mortems and systemic reliability improvements. Engineering Mentorship: Mentor Senior and Principal Engineers on the Vantage team; build a culture of technical rigor, shared ownership, and continuous learning. Technical Innovation: Evaluate and champion adoption of new technologies – from GenAI model integrations to cloud-native tooling – that strengthen ABBYY's Document AI differentiation. Job Requirements: 10–13 years of professional software engineering experience with deep expertise in C++ Demonstrated ability to work with multiple programming languages, and willingness to work with both C# .NET and C++ Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating CI/CD pipelines for building, testing, and deploying workflows using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps Pipelines Strong command of microservices architecture, distributed system design, and cloud-native patterns at enterprise scale Demonstrated ability to mentor Senior
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