Job Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership:

- Serve as a principal technical authority for enterprise non-functional quality engineering initiatives.
- Establish engineering standards and best practices for performance, scalability, reliability, and resilience testing.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across quality engineering teams.
- Influence architecture decisions that impact application performance and operational excellence.

Architecture & Engineering Excellence:

- Design and implement enterprise performance engineering strategies.
- Lead load, stress, endurance, and scalability testing initiatives.
- Drive adoption of observability and application performance monitoring practices.
- Partner with Architecture and Engineering teams to identify and remediate performance bottlenecks.
- Support cloud-native platform performance optimization and resiliency practices.

Quality Engineering & Delivery:

- Integrate performance engineering into CI/CD and Dev Ops workflows.
- Develop and maintain automation frameworks supporting quality and performance testing.
- Establish governance and reporting processes for non-functional quality objectives.
- Support enterprise modernization efforts through engineering excellence initiatives

AI & Innovation:

- Drive adoption of AI/LLM-augmented testing approaches.
- Evaluate emerging performance engineering tools and platforms.
- Champion automation and intelligent quality engineering practices.
- Identify opportunities to improve development velocity through engineering innovation.

Qualifications:

Required Experience:





- 10-12 years of progressive software engineering experience.
- Extensive experience in performance engineering and scalability testing.
- Solid expertise with cloud-based distributed systems.
- Experience implementing observability and monitoring strategies.
- Proven experience leading enterprise technical initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience operating in Agile and Dev Ops environments.

Required Technical Skills:

- Performance & Load Testing
- Cloud & Distributed Systems
- Application Performance Monitoring (APM) / Observability
- AI / LLM-Augmented Testing
- CI/CD & Dev Ops
- Java Automation
- Python Automation

Preferred Skills & Experience:

- Performance Engineering & Scalability Optimization
- Enterprise performance testing frameworks
- Cloud-native architecture
- Advanced observability tooling
- AI-enabled quality engineering solutions
- Experience supporting large-scale customer-facing technology platforms

Education:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering or equivalent

Note: This position is based in Pune, and applications are currently being considered from candidates based in Pune.

Talent Value Proposition statement:





At DIRECTV India, we're building a culture with our people, not for them, grounded in the values of We Care, We Challenge, and We Deliver. We will focus on building a better future than yesterday for our colleagues, customers, and company. As part of our team, you'll help shape the future of enterprise data platforms, enable advanced analytics and AI innovation, and contribute to business-critical capabilities that impact millions of customers. If you're ready to bring your expertise, leadership, and passion for innovation to a team redefining entertainment technology, we'd love to have you join us on this journey.

Headquartered in El Segundo, California, DIRECTV has been a household name in sports and entertainment for 30 years. We've grown our global footprint with DIRECTV India, a capability center in Pune built to support our operations and speed up how we build new technology. Here, our teams work on the platforms and products that bring together satellite and streaming, so customers get their favorite content without the hassle of switching between apps or inputs. From AI-driven personalization to content built around what people actually want to watch, we're shaping what entertainment looks like next, and Pune is a big part of that.

DIRECTV is an equal prospect employer. Employment decisions are based on business requirements, qualifications, merit, and performance, without discrimination on the basis of legally protected characteristics under applicable laws.

📌 Principal Engineer, Quality Engineering (India)
🏢 DIRECTV India
📍 India