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
- Strong experience with Relational and NoSQL databases
- Strong troubleshooting experience across performance, reliability and scalability
- Previous experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer or equivalent
- Strong technical communication and mentoring skills

Must-have skills Golang, Java, Distributed Systems

Good-to-have skills

Python, AWS, SQL

📌 Principal Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Weekday AI (YC W21)
📍 Bengaluru