Principal Software Engineer

Applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing and evaluation of software and computer systems. Works cross-functionally to understand business requirements, evaluate alternative approaches and ensure software and systems are designed to facilitate ease of use and seamless integration into the target environments. Incorporates state-of-the-art concepts, tools and practices to facilitate system functionality, security and continuous improvement.

The Principal Engineer role is an individual contributor role in the software product development organization who understands products, relevant domains, technologies and its applications.

13+ years of hands on experience on Java/J2EE, Spring, Microservices, Cloud Native & Agnostic Environment.
Fulltime Bachelor and/or Master degree in Engineering with a minimum of 60% grade.
Highly skilled on building payment applications, online transaction processing and transaction switching.
Experience in delivering scalable and high performance APIs, services and applications.
FinTech/BFSI domain - Payment acquiring and issuing for ATM/POS/EFT/e-commerce channels
Instant / Digital / cross-border payments.
Demonstrated ability and experience in the entire product development cycle: from requirements, effort estimation, design, implementation, test and to deployment and production support.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think outside the box.

End to end Product & feature development including effort estimations, design, coding, testing and automation
Understand customer s business needs, product non-functional requirements and drives estimation of development tasks
Designs, develops, tests, documents and drives the implementation of moderately to highly complex systems, considering impact on the broader landscape, systems and components.
Ensures timely delivery and excellent quality of the deliverables for the product
Able to represent the product team externally and /or other external technology body with confidence
Acts as subject matter expert for the domain, technologies and also able to adapt latest technologies, frameworks and tools quickly
Reviewing requirements, design, code, use cases, unit tests within team
Able to resolve technical problems and help team members with technical challenges
Help assess team / engineering skills & capabilities and mentor, motivate team members for technical excellence
The ability to work in global environment, partner effectively with cross-functional teams, and manage multiple priorities and deliverables concurrently
Collaborates with senior members of development departments to share experiences and knowledge and to identify ways to simplify and integrate products.