Role Description

We are looking for a Principal R&D; Engineer to provide technical direction for software supply-chain curation across a broad product portfolio. The role requires deep C and C++ engineering experience and practical knowledge of Perforce-based development, while using Python for automation and platform integration. The engineer will define architecture spanning Black Duck, JFrog , Jenkins, GitHub or Azure DevOps Server, policy evaluation, evidence, and reporting.

What Success Looks Like

The engineer establishes an architecture that covers C/C++ and Perforce-based products, scales across additional ecosystems, reduces duplicated review effort, and creates a sustainable technical direction that senior engineers can execute.

Key Qualifications

- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, information security, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong hands-on software engineering experience in C and C++.
- Hands-on experience with Perforce in a production software-development setting.
- Experience with Python for automation, integration, services, or data-processing tasks.
- Experience with Jenkins and with at least one of GitHub or Azure DevOps Server.
- Experience using Black Duck and JFrog in SSDLC, software composition analysis, artifact management, or software supply-chain workflows.




- Ability to support products that use programming languages and build ecosystems beyond C, C++, and Python.
- Ability to communicate complex technical decisions clearly in English.
- Extensive experience architecting distributed or data-intensive enterprise platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to set direction across multiple teams and interconnected systems.
- Deep understanding of software supply-chain security, dependency risk, policy enforcement, and enterprise developer workflows.

Key Responsibilities

- Define the target architecture and technical roadmap for enterprise curation.
- Establish system boundaries, data contracts, policy interfaces, and integration patterns.
- Define scalable SSDLC integration patterns for Black Duck and JFrog .

- Set reference workflows for Perforce/Jenkins and compatible approaches for GitHub and Azure DevOps Server.
- Resolve ambiguous issues involving package identity, provenance, vulnerability correlation, licensing, and exceptions.
- Ensure architectural coverage across C, C++, Python, and other product ecosystems.
- Guide multiple workstreams, set engineering standards, and develop technical leaders.

Preferred Experience

- Experience with policy-as-code, rules engines, knowledge graphs, or metadata platforms.
- Experience defining enterprise reference architectures and migration strategies.

📌 Principal R&D Engineer - Software Supply Chain Curation (Bengaluru)
🏢 Synopsys
📍 Bengaluru