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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.

• Strong development experience in Python in the environment of Unix/Linux/Ubuntu
• Strong practical knowledge of Python and its libraries.
• Current working experience with cloud deployment of AWS/Azure/GCP, Microservice architecture, and Docker in Python.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Good Experience of Python with Django/ Scrapy/ Flask frameworks.
• Good Experience in Jupyter/ Docker/ Elastic Search, etc.

• Solid understanding of software development principles and best practices.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to drive large-scale projects with a deep understanding of Agile SDLC, high collaboration, and leadership.

• Expected to have migration experience from one version to the other, as this project is about migration to the latest version.
• Preferred if had an OpenEdx platform experience or any LMS platform. 

Roles and Responsibilities

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer with strong experience in building scalable microservices, integrating with distributed data systems, and deploying web APIs that serve UI applications in the cloud. You’ll work on high-performance systems involving Kafka, DynamoDB, Redis, and other modern backend technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy backend microservices and APIs that power UI applications.
• Implement event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
• Build scalable and highly available systems using NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Optimize backend systems using caching layers like Redis to enhance performance.
• Ensure seamless deployment and operation of services in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code; contribute to code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 3–7 years of professional experience in backend development.
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages: Java, Python, Go, Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with microservices architecture and API design (REST/gRPC).
• Practical experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other event streaming/message queue systems.
• Solid knowledge of NoSQL databases, especially DynamoDB or equivalents.
• Experience using Redis or Memcached for caching or pub/sub mechanisms.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (preferably AWS – e.g., Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway).
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Design, implement, and maintain API-based applications and REST services.
• Proficiency with Node JS.
• Must have experience in cloud services Azure Cloud/AWS.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Develop high-quality, efficient, and scalable code.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and SCRUM framework Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Provide technical support during implementation efforts, working with technical team members and with business users as required to provide troubleshooting and solutions to technical issues.

Responsibilities:

• Setup and integrate various APIs
• Dealing with scripts written in different languages (PHP, Node.js, Python, PhantomJS, Ruby)
• Must be an R & D specialist
• Keep up-to-date with advanced concepts
• Adaptable to learn new technologies
• Knowledge on Linux and its commands
• Fast in debugging the code
• Should be a quick learner
• Good at communication

Requirements

• Minimum 3 Years of experience in PHP7
• 1 Year experience in Node.js/Python
• Good work experience in PHP7 
• Strong knowledge in OOPS.
• Proven knowledge on REST and SOAP API integrations 
• Experience in composer installations
• Strong in Javascript and Node.js concepts.
• Good knowledge of MongoDB and MySql
• Knowledge of versioning tools (SVN/GIT)
• Having knowledge on Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform is an added advantage
• Having knowledge of elastic search is an added advantage
• Good to have knowledge on p threads

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

The primary responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the overall software development lifecycle.
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
• Drive effective, mature Agile practices and continuous execution improvements within your teams.
• Manage stakeholder planning and communications ensuring key outcomes
• Recruit, coach, and mentor the best engineering and management talent
• Build, coach, and manage a strong team of engineers that set the standard and can up-level the overall talent of the extended organization.
• Provide a strong understanding of native mobile developer platforms and bring broad thought leadership to the next generation mobile developer experience.
• Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down or prevent products and programs from delivering on product and program objectives.
• Balance urgent and effective action, commitment to excellence, and taking the initiative to resolve problems; holds internal stakeholders accountable where appropriate.

REQUIRED

• 8+ years of industry experience with 2+ years of senior leadership experience.
• Solid track record of over-achieving engineering and platform delivery and scaling targets in high volume, innovative and fast-paced high-pressure environment; proven results in delivery on platform product.
• Deep understanding of one or more of Java/Python/Scala. Ability to understand and critique the core library/language constructs with skilled knowledge on UI technologies like Angular 2+, React, D3.JS
• Working experience with Agile methodologies and durable team concepts.
• Knowledge in DevOps practices and tools.
• Knowledge in Cloud Technologies, CI/CD, Jenkins, Testing methodologies is preferred.
• Experience in server-side services using ElasticSearch, Kafka
• A strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional, projects and bringing in and growing engineering talent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences.

1. Full Stack developer (.Net): (experience 3 to 6 years) 

• Experience in designing multithreaded/concurrent/distributed systems.
• Experience in .Net framework and C# programming is required (3+ years).
• Experience in working on scalable non-blocking server side frameworks like Spring stack(2+ years)
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases, Message brokers. ex: Postgres/MySQL, MongoDB/DynamoDB/Redis/Neo4j, Kafka (2 +years)
• Experience in Front end language and frameworks. JavaScript, must be an expert in one of the front end frameworks (ex: React) (2+)
• Understand cloud technologies and should have deployed applications or products in popular cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, MS Azure, etc (2+ years).

Optional:

• Experience with BigData is a big plus
• Knowledge of functional programming principles is a plus.
• Experience in HTML5 and CSS3

Role- Full time
Experience Level- 8 to 13 Years
Job Location- Hyderabad
Key Responsibilities :

Serves as a technical point of contact within the organization by:

Influencing the product requirements, behaviour and design (Automation Platform)

Driving early adoption of technology, features and best practices around product development

Lead development at all layers GUI, Backend ( DevOps Tools API integration) & DB

Work with a team of developers and testers in a highly agile environment to produce high-quality software.

Design and developing house tools. Also, expected to demonstrate new ideas through prototypes/Proof of Concepts.

Evaluate and Assess newer technologies/architecture for product development

Keeping up to date with emerging technologies/tools in DevOps Space and developments trends to assess the impact of the projects.

Must have:

Should possess Bachelors/Masters/ PhD in computer science with a minimum of 8+ years of experience

Should possess a minimum of 3 years of experience in Products/Tools Development

Should possess expertise in using various DevOps tools libraries and API's (Jenkins/JIRA/AWX/Nexus/GitHub/BitBucket/ SonarQube)

Experience in designing and developing products, tools or test automation frameworks using Java or Python technologies.

Should have a strong understanding of OOPs, SDLC (Agile Safe standards), STLC

Proficient in Python, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems (IDEs and Frameworks)

Familiar with designing and developing applications using AngularJS, HTML5, Bootstrap, NodeJS, MongoDB, etc.

Experience in implementing, consuming and testing Web services Rest APIs would be an added advantage.

Experience working as a Full-Stack developer would be an added advantage

Regards,
Talent Acquisition Team