Principal Engineer

Job Title: Principal Engineer

Location: Pune

As a principal software engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining core parts our software and infrastructure, contributing heavily to the codebase and collaboration with engineers at all levels. You will play a pivotal role in the shaping of our architecture, ensuring robustness of our systems, and mentoring junior engineers to help them elevate their skills.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on challenging technical problems, has a deep understanding of modern technology trends, and is passionate about software craftsmanship. This is purely a technical position with no people management responsibilities.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under child care assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Flexible working arrangements
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Key responsibilities: 

• Design, develop and maintain high-performance, scalable software in Java, Kotlin,
• Contribute actively to the codebase, ensuring quality, performance, and reliability,
• Develop solutions using MongoDB and work on optimization, indexing and queries, 
• Architect and implement micro-services deployed in GKE,
• Ensure compliance with security regulations
• Review and update policies relevant to internal systems and equipment
• Mentor and guide engineers across multiple teams, setting standard for technical excellence,
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Qualification:

• 10+ years of professional software development experience e, with expertise in java, 
• Strong experience with MongoDB and working with Data-intensive applications 
• Experience with modern software engineering practices, including test-driven development, continuous integration, and agile methodologies. 
• Solid hands-on experience with Kubernetes, 
• Experience designing and running systems at scale in cloud environments, preferably GCP,
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools, monitoring logging and alerting stacks (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Strong experience with reactive or event-driven architectures, 
• Experience with infra as code tooling, e.g. Terraform. 

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.