This role is for one of Weekday’s clients

Min Experience: 14+ years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full time

We are hiring a Principal Engineer to lead the technical design and development of highly scalable backend systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role involving architecture, system design, complex problem-solving and mentoring of senior engineers.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities
Design and build large-scale distributed backend systems.
Improve system performance, reliability, scalability and availability.
Solve complex problems related to concurrency, consistency and asynchronous processing.
Own key architecture and technical design decisions.
Work hands-on with critical components and production systems.
Set engineering standards and provide technical guidance across teams.
Mentor senior engineers and support technical decision-making.
Explore and implement AI-assisted development and AI/ML solutions where relevant.





Must-Have Technical Skills
12+ years of backend engineering experience.
Strong hands-on experience with Golang (Go).
Strong experience with Java, Python or C++ can also be considered.
Deep understanding of Distributed Systems, Concurrency, Consistency Models and Asynchronous Architecture.
Strong System Design and Architecture experience.
Production experience with AWS, GCP or Azure.
Solid experience with Relational and NoSQL databases.
Strong troubleshooting experience across performance, reliability and scalability.
Previous experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer or equivalent.
Robust technical communication and mentoring skills.

Must-have skills

Golang, Java, Distributed Systems

Good-to-have skills

Python, AWS, SQL

📌 Principal Engineer Bengaluru
🏢 Weekday AI
📍 Bengaluru