Staff Engineer I

Job Description:

Staff Engineer: Job Req

Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?

Omnissa is on its accelerated path to become the ubiquitous platform of choice for hosting their multi-cloud workloads as they surge ahead with their digital transformation journey to deliver value their customers through innovation. Horizon Enterprise (HzE) platform is one of the key engine on which Omnissa's multi-cloud offering is built.

HzE enables our customers to centrally and securely manage and administer the "Virtual Desktop Infrastructure" assets either on premise or on the cloud, of their choice, while providing rich experience to their end-users as the world's workforce adopts the work from anywhere culture, in this post-covid era.

With nearly 2 decades of mission critical deployment of HzE platform across major industry verticals like health care, financials, defence, telecom, media & entertainment et al it has become a solution trusted and valued by tens of thousands of our customers with millions of seat deployments.

As an esteemed member of the Horizon Enterprise Connection Server team you will have the opportunity to contribute and shape how our customers embrace their digital transformation journey with the power to seamlessly develop and deploy their solutions across multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud without the fear of getting locked-in by the cloud vendor.

As one of the lead engineers in the team you will have the ability and power to contribute and influence the highly available/reliable/scalable/secured solution architecture and design in a heavily distributed VDI brokering and inventory management space, partnering with some of the brightest minds in the industry. This position also lends itself to mentoring and shaping junior engineers in the team through technical guidance on design, quality and coding through continuous reviews, discussions and feedbacks. You will also have opportunity to innovate and disrupt the status-quo through your individual contribution and collaborative cross functional partnerships.

Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work towards completing?

As a successful engineer you would have accomplished the following by the end of 1st year with the team.

• You would have interacted with senior architects on the product and participate in the architecture and design of some of the business critical features of the product.
• You would have hands-on created and delivered highly scalable new features/enhancement in the core VDI brokering area of Horizon Enterprise with exemplary quality.
• You would have reviewed ~100 code reviews raised by junior/peer engineers of the team and would have gained significant hands-on knowledge on the Horizon Enterprise Connection Server code base.
• You would have gained good knowledge and be able to guide and contribute in the area of Federated task management, VDI inventory management, High availability et al.
• You would have participated in test strategy and test plan review on various areas of the product.
• You would have contributed to team building by participating in hiring interviews.
• You would have attended multiple KT session and would have delivered a few to learn and also enable your team members.

The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of next-generation capabilities within the Omnissa Horizon platform, including AI-powered user experiences, intelligent operations, and automation services. The role involves architecting scalable distributed systems, cloud-native services, and AI-enabled workflows that improve end-user productivity, platform observability, and operational efficiency. You will drive technical strategy, evaluate and integrate modern AI/ML technologies including LLM-based solutions, and collaborate across product, security, and platform teams to deliver innovative enterprise features. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java, distributed systems, cloud technologies, and software architecture, along with experience building or integrating AI-driven applications. Strong leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills are essential to influence product direction and deliver impactful solutions at scale.

Expertise in the areas of Java, J2EE, Spring MVC, REST APIs, LDAP, ADLDS, HTTP, SSL, Multi-Threading, Concurrency, Distributed System design, JMS etc is desired. Knowledge of C++ and windows internal is added advantage

Experience integrating Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, or intelligent automation into enterprise products, familiarity with RAG architectures, vector databases, prompt engineering, and AI observability, understanding of AI security, governance, privacy, and responsible AI practices are desirable.

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?

This role will be reporting to the Manager/Senior Manager of Engineering. The team consists of highly competent senior and junior engineers working closely as a team. Our team's focus is on challenging the status quo by innovating but at the same time getting stuff done. We believe in building trust amongst all our stakeholders (team members, PM, RM, Doc, Support, Customer Engineering & Exec) and committing to make our customers successful. The team is organised based on modules to define clear responsibility and accountability. At the same time teams are fluid enough to own up whatever is needed for the larger product to be successful. The team is transparent in communication and help build synergy with each other for the success of overall team. We believe engineers are the most valuable asset of our company and team. We put extra emphasis on providing great work life balance and having fun at work. As a team/company we actively promote "Diversity and Inclusion" while consciously keeping any un-conscious bias at bay!

Where is this role located?

Flexible: The role is considered flexible and will be a mix of working from a local Omnissa office and remote depending on your preferences and the arrangements determined with your future manager. You will be expected to live within a reasonable non-daily commute of the office.

What are the benefits and perks of working at Omnissa?

You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights:

• Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types
• Performance Bonus, Employee Ownership Plan
• Generous Time Off Programs
• Creche allowance
• Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)