Principal Engineer

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to shape the architecture of ThoughtSpot’s cloud-native, distributed platform and scale it to support our ambitious product vision.

You will bring deep systems thinking, architectural expertise, and pragmatic problem-solving to help evolve our platform across reliability, scalability, developer productivity, and security.

This is a strategic, high-impact engineering role where you will:

Partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to align architecture with long-term goals.

Mentor and guide teams on best practices and drive org-wide architectural initiatives.

Lead efforts to simplify systems, scale core platform services, and enhance reliability.

What You'll Do:

• Define and drive platform and product architecture aligned to our business and product vision.

• Lead org-wide engineering initiatives focused on velocity, reliability, observability, and simplification.

• Architect for scale—optimize for high availability, cost efficiency, and platform resilience.

• Drive platform capabilities that accelerate product teams: authN/authZ, config frameworks, data privacy, multi-tenancy, CI/CD improvements.

• Champion best practices such as architectural reviews, chaos engineering, canary deployments.

• Deep dive into complex cross-team challenges and guide technical execution.

• Mentor engineers, identify architectural debt, and promote structured decision-making frameworks.

• Actively collaborate with leadership on technical strategy, product roadmaps, and platform direction.

• Foster a culture of operational excellence through automation, observability, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Bring:

• 15–20 years of experience building scalable, distributed systems in high-growth product environments.

• Proven architectural leadership in SaaS platforms, cloud-native stacks, large-scale microservices.

• Demonstrated experience driving engineering initiatives: reliability, uptime, security, simplification.

• Expertise in platform engineering patterns: chaos engineering, canary rollouts, internal developer platforms.

• Strong system & API design, platform reliability, security & privacy principles.

• Hands-on mindset with ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels.

• Excellent communication & stakeholder influence across product & engineering orgs.

• B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent from a premier institute.

What makes ThoughtSpot a great place to work?

ThoughtSpot is the experience layer of the modern data stack, leading the industry with our AI-powered analytics and natural language search. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives—this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Selfless Excellence and our drive for continuous improvement (2% done), ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.

ThoughtSpot for All

Building a diverse and inclusive team isn't just the right thing to do for our people, it's the right thing to do for our business. We know we can’t solve complex data problems with a single perspective. It takes many voices, experiences, and areas of expertise to deliver the innovative solutions our customers need. At ThoughtSpot, we continually celebrate the diverse communities that individuals cultivate to empower every Spotter to bring their whole authentic self to work. We’re committed to being real and continuously learning when it comes to equality, equity, and creating space for underrepresented groups to thrive. Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting 60%. Regardless of how you identify, if you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.