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Position of the role

The Principal Engineer reports to the Domain Lead and plays a key role in driving the technical vision, strategy, and execution of development initiatives. The Principal Engineer collaborates with multiple teams to ensure that software solutions are scalable, cost-optimized, performant, and aligned with business objectives.

Result expectation in terms of result areas and core activities

The Principal Engineer is responsible for defining, designing, and overseeing the implementation of complex software solutions. This role involves deep technical expertise, mentorship, and architectural guidance across multiple teams. The Principal Engineer also acts as a thought leader, influencing technology choices, best practices, and innovation within the organization.

Main objectives of the role

✔ Leading the design and architecture of the software by following best practices that ensure scalability, maintainability, cost optimization, and high performance.

✔ Driving innovation and continuous improvements in software development practices.

✔ Providing technical mentorship and coaching to engineers across teams.

✔ Ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality software aligned with business requirements.

✔ Defining and maintaining coding standards, best practices, and governance frameworks.

✔ Collaborating with product management and other stakeholders to shape the technical roadmap.

✔ Identifying technical debt and implementing strategies to mitigate it effectively.

✔ Promoting a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and cross-team collaboration.

✔ Leading DevOps, CI/CD, and automation to improve software delivery processes and efficiency.

Specialisation

✔ Deep understanding of software architecture, system design, and performance optimization.

✔ Translating complex business requirements into scalable and efficient software solutions.

✔ Handling large data transformations and ensuring system efficiency under the required load conditions.

✔ Leading initiatives for modernizing the technology stack and implementing best practices.

✔ Ensuring that security, scalability, and maintainability are embedded into development processes.

✔ Driving research and development efforts to explore emerging technologies and their business impact.

✔ Enabling teams to develop and maintain high-quality software through code reviews, architecture guidance, and technical strategy.

✔ Collaborating with product owners and stakeholders to ensure that development aligns with business goals and user needs.

Key processes in the role

✔ Agile / Scrum / Kanban development methodologies.

✔ CI/CD and DevOps practices to streamline delivery.

✔ Cloud-native architecture, monolith and microservices-based development.

✔ Scalable and high-performance computing strategies.

✔ Secure software development lifecycle (SDLC).

✔ Data-driven decision-making.

✔ Performance optimization.

Key relationships (teams and/or position titles)

✔ Engineering Teams (Developers, QA, DevOps).

✔ Head of Engineering and Technology Leadership.

✔ Product Management and Business Stakeholders.

✔ Customer Success and Solution Architects.

✔ External Technical Partners and Vendors.

Requirements

✔ Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

✔ 10+ years of experience in software development, with a proven track record .

✔ Strong experience in Python and modern software engineering practices.

✔ Expertise in cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

✔ Experience in architecting and developing scalable, high-performance applications.

✔ Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tools, and automation.

✔ Deep understanding of microservices, monolith, APIs, and distributed systems.

✔ Strong experience with database technologies, including SQL and NoSQL.

✔ Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions across teams.

✔ A passion for mentoring, coaching, and fostering a strong engineering culture.

✔ Experience in defining and implementing technical governance and best practices.

Competences

✔ Strategic Thinking - 4

✔ Analytical Problem Solving - 4

✔ Technical Leadership & Mentorship - 4

✔ Communication & Collaboration - 3

Measures of success

✔ Technical leadership impact - measurable improvements in code quality, architecture, and scalability.

✔ Delivery of high-quality software within agreed timelines and business requirements.

✔ Successful mentorship - improvement in team skill levels, problem-solving capabilities, and innovation.

✔ Reduction of technical debt through strategic refactoring and modernization.

✔ Engineering team satisfaction - based on feedback and collaboration effectiveness.

✔ Improvements in system performance, stability, cost-optimization, and security.

✔ Adoption of best practices and emerging technologies across teams.

✔ Contribution to company-wide strategic initiatives through technical innovation and leadership.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Java Backend Developer with 4.5+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, system design, and API integration. You’ll play a key role in designing and building high-performance backend systems that are scalable, secure, and reliable. As a core member of the engineering team, you’ll collaborate closely with product owners, architects, and other developers to deliver quality solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop backend components, REST APIs, and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Contribute to the architectural decisions and system design discussions.
• Write clean, efficient, and testable code following best practices.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Integrate third-party APIs and work with external systems.
• Participate in code reviews, mentor junior developers, and support the team’s technical growth.
• Work closely with DevOps to support CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in production and non-production environments.
• Keep up with industry trends and advocate for best practices in backend development.
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Required Skills:

• 4.5+ years of hands-on experience in backend development with Java (Java 8 or above).
• Strong expertise in Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data).
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and working with microservices architecture.
• Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Proficient with version control systems like Git and tools like Maven or Gradle.
• Familiarity with Docker, containerization, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience with unit testing and integration testing (JUnit, Mockito, etc.).
• Good knowledge of software design principles, data structures, and algorithms.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• BS in CS or EE or equivalent
• Experience working on large scale systems in rapid growth environments
• Experience with public cloud offerings (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Solid programming skills; preferred experience in Java, and/or Python
• Experience with modern web frameworks, advanced algorithms/data intelligence, public
• cloud platforms and streaming data pipelines
• Familiarity with containerization, microservices architecture, continuous integration, and delivery
• 5+ years’ experience preferred

JAVA SPRING BOOT DEVELOPER - Immediate Joiners

Work Experience: 4-7 years

Work location: Hyderabad

Must Have Skills: Spring Boot

Desired Candidate Profile

Proficiency in core Java & Spring framework

Expertise in Web Service technologies.

Excellent knowledge in Databases and code integrations such as Postgres SQL, SQL Server, MySQL

Experience with Java Spring Boot, Hibernate Cloud Services, AWS, S3, Server-less lambda functions
Experience with security principles and frameworks
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token and OAuth2 - Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, etc.

Essential skills are Core Java/J2EE, functional aspects, Spring Framework, Swagger, Tomcat, SVN, Git, Postman/Newman.

Should have worked in Agile methodologies.

Good object oriented and problem solving skills.

Strong communication skills along with the ability to work in a highly collaborative environment.

Role & Responsibilities

- Design and develop features using Java, Spring, and Hibernate

- Ability to design database schema, develop views and stored procedures

- Maintain existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects

- Review and analyse business requirements and provide technical feasibility and estimates

- Coordinate the workflow between the UX team and front end developers

Qualification

- 4-7 years of work experience developing Java-based backend applications

- Around 2 year of work experience using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud and Microservices

- Bachelor degree in computer science, or information technology, or other related field of study

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

Additional Job requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Math or equivalent
• BS in computer science or related field.
• 2+ years of relevant professional software development experience: designing, developing, and delivering software written in Java, C#, or C++, web development.
• Knowledgeable in object-oriented design patterns.
• Experience building highly scalable and distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with service-oriented architecture and application/services development
• Passion for performance debugging and benchmarking
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization