Principal Software Engineer

About the Role

Blue Spire is hiring a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer (GenAI Enablement) to drive GenAI-powered engineering transformation for a Leading Bank GCC in Hyderabad. This role focuses on upskilling engineering teams, enabling GenAI adoption across development workflows, and leading the delivery of high-value GenAI Proofs of Concept (PoCs). The ideal candidate combines deep engineering expertise with hands-on GenAI experience and strong technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

1. GenAI Training & Developer Enablement

• Deliver GenAI training programs, workshops, demos, and hands-on labs for engineering teams.
• Build best-practice playbooks, reusable training material, and capability uplift frameworks.
• Coach developers in prompt engineering, LLM usage, and AI-assisted coding patterns.

2. Engineering Technical Leadership

• Provide strong hands-on guidance across the end-to-end SDLC with expertise in:
• JavaAngular or NodeJSAngular
• Spring Boot
• Microservices
• AWS Cloud
• Support teams in integrating GenAI for design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Conduct architecture reviews, solution design discussions, and quality assessments.

3. GenAI Tools & Accelerator Adoption

• Promote adoption of GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI , and GenAI-enabled testing accelerators.
• Define best practices, standards, and guardrails for safe and effective tool usage.
• Evaluate emerging GenAI tools and recommend adoption strategies.

4. Hands-On Technical Support

• Assist engineering teams in refining prompts and improving GenAI output quality.
• Guide the integration of AI-driven workflows into existing CI/CD pipelines.
• Act as a GenAI SME for architecture, solution patterns, and feasibility assessments.

5. GenAI POC Identification & Delivery

• Collaborate with engineering leadership to identify, evaluate, and prioritize high-impact GenAI PoCs .
• Lead PoC developmentarchitecture, design, implementation, testing, and performance evaluation.
• Present PoC outcomes, metrics, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 1014 years of strong hands-on engineering experience.
• Deep technical expertise in:
• JavaAngular or NodeJSAngular
• Spring Boot
• Microservices-based architectures
• AWS Cloud (EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, CI/CD, etc.)
• Strong understanding of GenAI, LLMs, prompt engineering , and AI-assisted development workflows.
• Experience conducting developer workshops, training sessions, or tech enablement programs.
• Practical exposure to GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI , or similar GenAI tools.
• Strong problem-solving, architectural thinking, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and mentoring skills.