Principal Software Engineer

Job title: Principal Software Engineer

About the Role We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and hands-on execution across complex, cloud-native software initiatives. This role combines deep engineering expertise with mentorship, architecture influence, and strong collaboration across global teams. The ideal candidate is passionate about engineering excellence, AI-assisted development, and building high-quality, scalable products using modern development practices.

What You'll Do

• Act as a hands-on technical leader, designing, developing, and reviewing high-quality, production-ready software.
• Lead development using Java as the primary language, following clean code, TDD, and spec-driven development principles.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development capabilities (e.g., Copilot-style tools, intelligent automation) to improve developer productivity and code quality.
• Influence and review application and solution architecture for scalability, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Partner with architects and senior engineers to define and enforce engineering standards and best practices.
• Design, build, and deploy applications on Microsoft Azure, leveraging cloud-native services.
• Contribute to cloud architecture decisions with a strong understanding of: Azure compute, networking, storage, and security
• Cloud-based databases (SQL & NoSQL) and performance considerations
• Support and continuously improve DevOps pipelines, CI/CD practices, and infrastructure automation.
• Enable resilient, observable, and cost-efficient systems in the cloud.
• Champion Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing at all levels (unit, integration, system).
• Enable and evolve test automation frameworks and practices across teams.
• Closely collaborate with DevOps and SRE partners to:
• Improve release reliability and deployment frequency
• Reduce operational risk and technical debt
• Strengthen monitoring, alerting, and production readiness
• Mentor and groom engineers to elevate technical skills, design thinking, and ownership mindset.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers.

What We're Looking For

• Highly experienced Principal Software Engineer with hands-on leadership across cloud-native initiatives.
• Strong Java development experience and adherence to clean code, TDD, and spec-driven development.
• Experience adopting AI-assisted development capabilities and tools to improve productivity and code quality.
• Ability to influence and review architecture for scalability, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Experience designing and deploying on Microsoft Azure; understanding of Azure compute, networking, storage, and security.
• Familiarity with cloud-based SQL and NoSQL databases and performance considerations.
• Experience with DevOps pipelines, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation; focus on observable, resilient, cost-efficient systems.
• Commitment to mentoring engineers and fostering ownership mindset across teams.

Nice to Have

• Interest in AI-assisted development and Copilot-style tools.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures on Azure and strong collaboration with architects and senior engineers.