Description : Principal Engineer
Location : Bengaluru / NCR / Hyderabad / Mumbai / Pune (Hybrid)
About the Opportunity :
As a Principal Engineer, youll define the long-term technical vision and lead the development of core systems that power our AI and MLOps infrastructure. Youll solve deeply complex distributed systems challenges and act as a force multiplier for the entire engineering organization through architectural leadership, technical strategy, and mentorship.
Key Responsibilities :
- Define the technical architecture for scalable, distributed AI systems
- Lead design and implementation of critical backend services and data pipelines
- Drive initiatives around reliability, performance optimization, and cost efficiency
- Mentor and guide engineering leads and senior developers across teams
- Evaluate and introduce new technologies aligned with product scalability goals
- Collaborate with the leadership team to shape long-term technical roadmaps
Required Qualifications :
7 to 13 years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in architecture-heavy rolesStrong system design expertise distributed systems, concurrency, event-driven designProficiency in backend technologies (Python, Go, Java)Proven experience scaling large production systemsSolid knowledge of observability, reliability engineering, and performance optimizationExcellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skillsWhy Join :
Define the architecture and future of a next-gen GenAI platformWork directly with founders and senior leadershipHigh-impact role with broad technical ownership and deep system challengesAttractive compensation and ESOPs(ref : hirist.tech)