This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Software Engineer based in India.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will shape the technical strategy, architecture, and long-term evolution of critical, large-scale systems. You will influence organization-wide engineering decisions and help align multiple teams around scalable, secure, and maintainable technology. The role combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership across distributed systems, cloud platforms, modernization, and reliability. You will play a key role in advancing AI-assisted development practices and AI-enabled capabilities. Working across complex technical and business domains, you will drive initiatives that have broad organizational impact. You will also mentor senior engineers and help establish a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and high technical standards.
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Accountabilities:
Lead the design, architecture,



and continuous evolution of large-scale distributed systems and cloud-based platforms.
Define and drive long-term technical strategies that align engineering priorities with broader business and product objectives.
Establish architectural principles, engineering standards, and best practices that promote scalability, consistency, maintainability, and technical quality.
Drive the strategic adoption of AI-assisted software development practices and AI-enabled capabilities across engineering teams.
Lead complex cross-functional and cross-organizational initiatives spanning multiple systems, technical domains, and business areas.
Identify systemic technical risks and lead modernization, technical debt reduction, and architectural improvement initiatives.
Advance reliability, scalability, performance, observability, security, and operational maturity across critical systems.
Influence senior technical and business stakeholders to establish alignment on major architectural

📌 Principal Software Engineer (India)
🏢 Jobgether
📍 India