Principal Engineer

Role- principal Engineer

Location- Bangalore (Hybrid)

Experience- 10-12 years

Employment- Full time

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Principal Engineer with strong technical expertise and

proven experience in engineering leadership. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being

hands-on with coding while also managing and mentoring a small team. The candidate should

bring a strong startup background, a track record of growth within previous organizations, and

the ability to drive both technical excellence and team alignment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and manage a small engineering team while contributing hands-on to code

development.

Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and secure web applications.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical roadmaps, architecture, and

execution plans.

Drive best practices in software engineering, code quality, performance optimization, and

system reliability.

Oversee implementation of modern infrastructure, orchestration tools, and database

technologies.

Provide technical leadership for complex problem-solving and innovation in product

development.

Balance team management responsibilities with active coding and design contributions.

Required Qualifications

1012 years of total engineering experience with at least 3 years in a management or

team leadership role.

Strong hands-on coding skills, with the ability to contribute directly to core development

tasks.

Experience working in startup environments (early engineer, co-founder, or similar

roles).

Demonstrated career progression within prior organizations.

Strong educational pedigree (IITs or equivalent tier institutions preferred).

Technical Expertise

Mandatory:

o Kubernetes

o Web application development

o Relational, non-relational, vector, and graph database experience

o Orchestration tools

o Typescript

Good to Have:

o Cloud infrastructure and VM management

o Experience in machine learning applications