Principal Engineer

Job Description

As a Principal Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across multiple

engineering teams and drive the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable,

secure, and cloud-native platforms. You will partner with Engineering Leaders, Product

Owners, Architects, and Platform teams to deliver strategic technology initiatives while

establishing engineering standards and best practices across the organization.

This role combines hands-on engineering expertise with architectural leadership,

focusing on Python, SQL, Redis, Docker, Azure Cloud, System Design, and

Enterprise Architecture. You will be responsible for shaping the technical vision,

guiding engineering teams, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, and operational

excellence of mission-critical systems.

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Skills and Requirements

12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in Senior

Staff, Principal Engineer, or Architecture roles.

• Expert-level proficiency in Python and API-driven application development.

• Strong expertise in SQL, database design, performance optimization, and data

architecture.

• Deep knowledge of Docker and containerized application development.

• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure Cloud services and cloud-native

architecture.

• Experience implementing observability and monitoring using Azure Monitor and

related services.

• Strong background in Distributed Systems, System Design, and Enterprise

Architecture.

• Strong understanding of software quality engineering, automated testing

frameworks, code review processes, and release governance.

• Experience designing and supporting mission-critical, highly scalable production

systems.

• Proficiency with Git, Jira, Confluence, and Agile development methodologies.

• Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring

skills.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related

field

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM

Templates.

• Experience with event streaming and messaging technologies such as Kafka.

• Exposure to Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering practices.

• Experience leading large-scale cloud transformation initiatives. • Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD tooling, GitHub Actions, Infrastructure

as Code (Terraform/Bicep), and platform automation.

• Experience with Kubernetes, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).