Principal Software Engineer

Job Summary:

A highly skilled and motivated Principal Software Engineer working as part of Product Architecture team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java technologies with extensive experience in microservices architecture and deployment on Kubernetes/Cloud using Helm charts. This role requires a deep understanding of Java fundamentals, Spring, Spring Security, Hibernate, and the ability to contribute to framework-level changes. However, this is not limited to these technologies. The capability of learning and adopting new technologies and stacks is a key requirement for us.

Required Technical Skills:

• Fundamentally very strong in Core Java, associated frameworks like Spring, Spring Security Hibernate, OAuth etc.
• Professional experience around microservices architecture and Rest APIs.
• Hands on experience in Container Technologies like Docker, ContainerD, Kubernetes, Helm etc.

Preferred Technical Skills (At least two of below):

• Experience with any of 3rd party Softwares for microservice ecosystem: Elasticsearch stack, Redis, Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka or similar
• Experience around messaging technologies like ActiveMQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ.
• Experience around Cloud Technologies like AWS / Azure.
• Experience implementing GenAI/RAG/Agentic AI related scenario
• Experience with UI development with React

Required Education/Experience:

• 10+ years of software development experience
• A bachelor's or higher-level degree in computer science or equivalent engineering field with good academic background.
• Should be capable of leading the team and managing them.

Job Duties:

• Frameworks Development: Execute in-depth troubleshooting and debugging within Spring, Hibernate, and other Java backend frameworks to diagnose and resolve highly complex issues.
• Microservices Architecture: Design, develop, and maintain microservices-based applications.
• Third-Party Tools Integration: Integrate and manage third-party tools such as Elasticsearch -ELK, Redis, Prometheus, Grafana, ActiveMQ, etc.
• Deployment: Deploy applications using Kubernetes and Helm charts.
• Continuous Improvement: Research and implement improvements to keep the product aligned with the latest technological advancements. Improve development processes and tools for development teams.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with UI, Backend, QA, DevOps, DBA, Customer Support, Sales, and other teams to ensure seamless integration, delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Security: Learn and contribute to security practices, improvements and fixes
• Learning and Development: Stay updated with new challenges and technologies and be open to learning and implementing new solutions. For example, explore and integrate AI technologies to enhance the product.
• Write and submit clean, well-engineered code following software development best practices.
• Conduct in-depth reviews of code and tests authored by other developers and recommend improvements.

Soft Skills:

• Work as Mentor and Technology evangelist by sharing technical knowledge and empowering developers across the company
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Open-minded and eager to learn new technologies and methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.