Principal Engineer

Job Title : Python Developer – API Integration & AWS Deployment

Experience : 5+ Years

Location : Bangalore

Work Mode : Onsite

Job Overview :

We are seeking an experienced Python Developer with strong expertise in API development and AWS cloud deployment.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for building scalable RESTful APIs, automating power system simulations using PSS®E (psspy), and deploying automation workflows securely and efficiently on AWS.

Mandatory Skills : Python, FastAPI/Flask, PSS®E (psspy), RESTful API Development, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, EFS, API Gateway), AWS IAM, CloudWatch.

Key Responsibilities :

Python Development & API Integration :

• Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs using FastAPI or Flask to interface with PSS®E.
• Automate simulations and workflows using the PSS®E Python API (psspy).
• Implement robust bulk case processing, result extraction, and automated reporting systems.

AWS Cloud Deployment :

• Deploy APIs and automation pipelines using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, EFS, and API Gateway.
• Apply cloud-native best practices to ensure reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Manage secure access control using AWS IAM, API keys, and implement monitoring using CloudWatch.

Required Skills :

• 5+ Years of professional experience in Python development.
• Hands-on experience with RESTful API development (FastAPI/Flask).
• Solid experience working with PSS®E and its psspy Python API.
• Strong understanding of AWS services, deployment, and best practices.
• Proficiency in automation, scripting, and report generation.
• Knowledge of cloud security and monitoring tools like IAM and CloudWatch.

Good to Have :

• Experience in power system simulation and electrical engineering concepts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools for AWS deployments.

Job Description below:

Required Skill Set

Senior Software Engineer- Java

• Experience in Core Java 5.0 and above, Data Structures, OOPS, Multithreading, Algorithms, Collections, Unix/Linux
• Possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
• Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications.
• Good development experience with RDBMS
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high-volume server-side development
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
• Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts.

Job Brief-

·       Understand product requirements and come up with solution approaches

·       Build and enhance large scale domain centric applications

·       Deploy high quality deliverables into production adhering to the security, compliance and SDLC guidelines

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Full Stack Java Developer with strong experience in backend and frontend development, cloud deployment, and modern DevOps practices. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in Java/J2EE technologies, hands-on experience in developing microservices on AWS, and a good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and monitoring tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable web applications and microservices.
• Implement backend logic using Core Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, JPA, and REST APIs.
• Build responsive UIs using React, HTML, CSS, and integrate them with backend services.
• Develop and deploy microservices using AWS services like ECS, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Aurora, ALB, and Route 53.
• Participate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Write unit and integration tests using JUnit and Cucumber.
• Monitor application performance using APM tools and analyze logs using Splunk or similar tools.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, and Git/Bitbucket.
• Work with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams using tools like JIRA and Confluence.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience in Java/J2EE application development.
• Proficiency in Spring frameworks (Spring Boot, Batch) and RESTful services.
• Frontend development experience with React, HTML, CSS.
• Solid experience with AWS cloud technologies and deployment practices.
• Experience in writing and maintaining automated tests with JUnit and Cucumber.
• Knowledge of APM tools and log analysis tools (e.g., Splunk).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, Git).
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in Agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certification is a plus.
• Experience with Amazon Aurora and API Gateway in production environments.
• Knowledge of SOA, messaging systems (e.g., MQ), and security best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Backend Ownership

• Own the design, evolution, and reliability of mission-critical backend systems.
• Ensure scalability, performance, maintainability, and overall system health.
• Lead technical initiatives to address scaling challenges, technical debt, and architectural improvements.

System Design & Architecture

• Drive both High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD).
• Design scalable APIs, data models, service boundaries, and asynchronous workflows.
• Make sound engineering trade-offs balancing delivery speed with long-term system health.

Code Quality & Engineering Excellence

• Improve backend code quality through architecture reviews, code reviews, and refactoring.
• Simplify complex codebases and establish maintainable engineering patterns.
• Introduce best practices and guardrails to improve long-term maintainability.

Database & Performance Optimization

• Optimize PostgreSQL performance through schema design, indexing, query optimization, and tuning.
• Improve application performance using caching strategies and asynchronous processing.
• Design and operate analytics pipelines using ClickHouse or similar large-scale data systems.
• Work with messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or equivalent.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor backend engineers on architecture, debugging, and engineering best practices.
• Influence technical direction through thoughtful design discussions and strong technical reasoning.
• Raise overall engineering standards across teams.

Production Ownership

• Own production stability, incident management, and root cause analysis.
• Improve observability, monitoring, debugging, and operational excellence.
• Drive long-term reduction in production incidents and operational overhead.

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Node.js.
• Deep experience with PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience designing and operating distributed backend systems.
• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and microservices architecture.
• Experience owning backend services end-to-end—from architecture to production support.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Experience improving code quality, maintainability, and engineering standards.

Good to Have

• Experience with RabbitMQ or similar messaging systems.
• Experience with ClickHouse or large-scale analytics platforms.
• Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of observability, monitoring, and production reliability.

What We're Looking For

Engineering Mindset

• Passion for improving existing systems rather than simply building new ones.
• Ability to simplify complex architectures and create maintainable solutions.
• Strong focus on writing clean, readable, and scalable code.
• Testing mindset with emphasis on reliability and long-term quality.
• Ability to evaluate technical trade-offs and design for future scalability.

Leadership Without Authority

• Influence technical decisions through expertise and clear reasoning.
• Challenge scope or timelines when necessary to protect system health.
• Mentor engineers and elevate overall engineering standards.
• Lead by example through hands-on technical excellence.

Why Join Vahan?

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance
• Monthly Wellness Leaves
• Competitive Compensation
• Opportunity to solve large-scale engineering challenges impacting millions of users
• Ownership-driven engineering culture with significant technical autonomy
• Work alongside exceptional engineers building products that create meaningful social impact

Your responsibilities as an Engineer: 

•     Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.

•     Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.

•     Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.

•     Improves operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures.

•     Obtains and licenses software by obtaining required information from vendors; recommending purchases; testing and approving products.

•     Updates job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment

•     Participate in educational opportunities & read professional publications;

•     Protects operations by keeping information confidential.

•     Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.

•     Accomplishes engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

•     Develops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.

Skill sets we require:

•     Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer

•     Experience designing interactive applications

•     Ability to develop software in or other programming languages like JIRA or Postman

•     Excellent knowledge of relational databases, MYSQL and Restful API

•     Experience developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (Laravlel, Codeigniter and Magento)

•     Experience with test-driven development

•     Proficiency in software engineering tools

•     Ability to document requirements and specifications

Educational Qualification: 

•     Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent 

• Develop client projects using Asp.net core 3.1 and above, MySQL Database, Azure Functions, CosmosDB, C#.
• Communicate with external clients on a regular basis regarding progress, challenges, timelines and results of client projects
• Gather technical requirements as needed
• Create and update, design and functional documents
• Identify and troubleshoot issues as needed
• Perform a new development as required
• Implement project applications according to specifications
• Research technical issues and provide recommendations to enhance client websites
• Work both independently and as part of a team to create reliable and high-performing Web Applications
• Unit test code to ensure quality

• Develop client projects using Asp.net core 3.1 and above, MySQL Database, Azure Functions, CosmosDB, C#.
• Communicate with external clients on a regular basis regarding progress, challenges, timelines and results of client projects
• Gather technical requirements as needed
• Create and update, design and functional documents
• Identify and troubleshoot issues as needed
• Perform a new development as required
• Implement project applications according to specifications
• Research technical issues and provide recommendations to enhance client websites
• Work both independently and as part of a team to create reliable and high-performing Web Applications
• Unit test code to ensure quality

Responsibilities for Staff Engineer role:

• Having experience in Java along with Springboot, Micorservices, RDBMS
• Experience required: 6yrs to 8 yrs.

Diagnal Technologies is a fully owned subsidiary of Diagnal Inc, Hong Kong.  It’s a product company focusing on media and entertainment clients, creating Video on Demand apps for their customers. We are a team of OTT video solution specialists helping our customers build the new digital media industry in Asia Pacific and beyond. We create viable revenue generating video streaming products, enable our customers to gain business and operational insights through big data analytics and empower them to engage with their users more effectively through targeted marketing campaigns. Started its Development Center in Technopark Phase III campus and focusing on Indian and International clients.

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Job Description :

• 2 or more years of experience of server side web systems engineering and middleware in a project services or product engineering organisation
• Hands-on development experience using JavaScript on the Server Side with Node.js and associated frameworks.
• Published sites/systems that are now online
• Self motivation and ability to manage your own time to get the job done at the high international quality levels we expect
• An engineering Degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience
• A solid understanding of networking, storage, operating/browser systems engineering as well as application/software systems performance optimisation and third party systems integration
• Hands on experience with Amazon Web Services
• Prior experience working within the Media, E-commerce, Telecommunications or similar large scale consumer facing industry

First round will be a Machine test and Aptitude, sharing it with this mail, which has to be completed in 2 days.This will be followed by technical discussion, CEO round and HR discussion.Hiring process will take 5-7 working days post completion of M/C test