Principal Software Engineer I

The Principal Software Engineer I is a high-impact technical leadership role responsible for architecting and developing innovative, high-performance software systems. You will bridge the gap between complex business requirements and scalable technical solutions, ensuring that our engineering output remains world class and strictly compliant with industry standards.

As a senior technical authority, you will shape the technical direction of the team, fostering an environment of excellence and continuous improvement by leveraging modern, AI-augmented development workflows and robust cloud-native architectures.

Location: Pune (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities

• System Architecture & Development: Design, build, and maintain large-scale production services, web applications, high-throughput data pipelines, and real-time streaming systems.

• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Provide high-level support to engineering teams, coaching developers and conducting rigorous code reviews to ensure validity, performance, and adherence to security standards.

• AI-Augmented Development: Drive engineering efficiency by integrating and championing the use of AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude. Use these technologies to optimize boilerplate generation, complex refactoring, and deep architectural debugging.

• Operational Excellence: Debug complex production issues across various services and multiple levels of the stack; assist in refining organizational engineering standards and tooling.

• SDLC Oversight: Lead the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from initial research and documentation to final certification and deployment.

• Quality Assurance: Lead the testing process, including test review, analysis, and witnessing to ensure software is robust and compatible with diverse operating systems.

• Continuous Innovation: Stay at the forefront of technology by researching emerging trends and participating in professional workshops to keep the organization competitive.

Required Skills & Qualifications (Must Have)

• Core Languages: Proficiency in Golang is highly preferred (Good to have). Strong expertise in Java or Python is required.

• Cloud Infrastructure: Strong background in cloud-native development and infrastructure management (specifically AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Data Management: Extensive experience with both SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra, or MongoDB) databases.

• SDLC & DevOps: Mastery of the full Software Development Life Cycle, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and agile methodologies.

• AI Productivity: Proven experience using AI-powered development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude) to accelerate coding, automate documentation, and improve code quality.

• Leadership: Experience mentoring team members and making high-level architectural decisions.

Preferred Qualifications (Good to Have)

• Cybersecurity Expertise: Preference will be given to candidates with Cybersecurity domain knowledge, SIEM, vulnerability remediation etc.

• Containerization: Hands-on experience with Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

• Streaming Technologies: Familiarity with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms like Kafka or RabbitMQ etc.

• Advanced Automation: Ability to evaluate and implement AI-driven "agentic" workflows to further automate routine engineering tasks.