Principal Software Engineer -.Net, C#, Azure Cloud [T500-20912]

About FM :

We are a highly successful 190-year-old, Fortune 500 commercial property insurance company of 6,000+ employees with a unique focus on science and risk engineering. Businesses worldwide trust our expertise to protect their assets, relying on our comprehensive risk assessments and robust, engineering-based insurance solutions to safeguard against fire, natural disasters, and other perils. Serving over a quarter of the Fortune 500 and major corporations globally, we deliver data-driven strategies that enhance resilience, ensure business continuity, and empower organizations to thrive.

FM India is a strategic location for driving our global operational efficiency. Our presence in India allows us to leverage the country’s talented workforce and advance our capabilities to serve our clients better. We have diverse corporate functions that emphasize research, advanced technologies like AI and analytics, risk engineering, research, finance, marketing, HR, etc. working together to provide innovative solutions and nurture lasting relationships – from co-workers to clients.

Role Title : Principal Software Engineer

Position Summary :

Leads and mentors in the design, development, and maintenance of multi-tiered business applications. Individuals holding this position are typically expected to be thought leaders in conjunction with solution architects and lead product teams from technical and delivery perspectives as well as work independently as a member of a team. Incumbents have a thorough understanding of available technology landscape, tools, and existing designs. This individual also participates fully in all team practices and standards. Interfaces with IT colleagues and other stakeholders to evaluate defined complex business requirements and processes, assess available technologies, determine infrastructure, and recommend solution options. Incumbents play a lead role in building application solutions which may involve diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies, and tools and must ensure that technologies used align with enterprise-wide technical architecture and ensure consistency across products. Demonstrates personal accountability and ensures successful team outcomes by proactively identifying and mitigating delivery impediments, dependencies, and risks. Support in partnership with Solution and Test Architects quality efforts within the team.

Skill and Experience :

• 7 to 9 Years of Experience Required to Perform Essential Job Functions.
• Additional Experience Qualifier (optional) : 10+ years of application development experience with large scale business applications in a fast-paced iterative development environment. 5+ years designing, developing, and implementing business applications from business concept through production. 3+ years’ experience leading business application development teams of 5+ team members.
• Proven expertise in architecting and guiding the design of APIs, reusable components, and integration services for enterprise-scale, cloud-native applications on Azure.
• Deep understanding of microservices and event-driven architecture, with the ability to define secure API design standards and drive contract-first development across teams.
• Exceptional leadership in collaboration and communication; adept at influencing cross-functional teams, leading technical reviews, articulating complex concepts to diverse audiences, and ensuring delivery excellence with a strong sense of ownership and urgency.
• Demonstrated ability to provide accurate estimates for highly complex solutions, balancing technical depth with strategic priorities while fostering engineering discipline.
• Track record of championing engineering best practices for code quality, automated testing, and CI / CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, PBIs) at scale, ensuring consistency and reliability across multiple teams.
• Experience shaping integration strategies with emerging technologies such as Azure OpenAI and GPT APIs to enable advanced capabilities in backend systems.

Must Have Skills :

Software Engineering & Architecture :

Cloud & DevOps :

Security & Authorization :

Testing & Quality :

Enterprise SDLC & Governance :

Data & Migration :

Leadership & Collaboration :