Principal Engineer, Software

About T-Mobile:T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS), headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, connecting millions through its strong nationwide network and flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. Customers benefit from an unmatched combination of value, quality, and exceptional service experience.About TMUS Global Solutions:TMUS Global Solutions is a world-class technology powerhouse accelerating the company’s global digital transformation. With a culture built on growth, inclusivity, and global collaboration, the teams here drive innovation at scale, powered by bold thinking.TMUS India Private Limited operates as TMUS Global Solutions.About the Role:As Principal Engineer – Platform Automation, you will be a key member of the CFL Platform Engineering and Operations team ,you will lead architecture and development of automation frameworks, self-service tooling, and infrastructure-as-code systems that power scalable, resilient, and developer-friendly platforms. You will build automation-first solutions that drive velocity, observability, and operational excellence across CI/CD, provisioning, and cloud-native infrastructure.What You’ll Do:Architect and build reusable automation services for provisioning, config, lifecycle, and complianceDevelop internal developer tooling and APIs for self-service workflowsLead event-driven automation using GitLab CI/CD, Argo Workflows, or SpinnakerDrive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code via Terraform, Helm, Pulumi, and GitOps pipelinesIntegrate automation with CI/CD, service catalogs, and platform orchestratorsEmbed observability, traceability, and telemetry into automation frameworksBuild systems for automated failure detection, triage, and remediationDefine platform-wide automation standards, architecture patterns, and best practicesCollaborate across SRE, DevOps, cloud, and security teams to automate operationsMentor engineers and guide platform engineering strategy for automation at scaleWhat You’ll Bring:Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field7-12 years in software/platform/automation engineering rolesExpertise in building large-scale automation systems and developer toolingStrong programming/scripting skills in Python, Go, Bash, or equivalentExperience with CI/CD platforms (GitLab, ArgoCD, Jenkins), job orchestrators, and workflow automationDeep knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, service orchestration, and IaC (Terraform, Helm, Pulumi)Familiarity with event-driven automation using AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, or EventBridgeExperience building self-service developer platforms or internal portalsUnderstanding of platform security, secrets management, and compliance automationHands-on experience integrating observability, alerting, and incident workflowsStrong leadership, communication, and technical decision-making across cross-functional teamsPassion for platform simplicity, operational excellence, and empowering engineering teamsMust Have Skills:Application & Microservice: Java, Spring boot, API & Service DesignAny CI/CD Tools : Gitlab Pipeline/Test Automation/GitHub Actions/ Jenkins /Circle CIApp Platform: Docker & Containers (Kubernetes)Any Databases : SQL & NOSQL (Cassandra/Oracle/Snowflake/MongoDB)Any Messaging: Kafka, Rabbit MQAny Observability/Monitoring: Splunk/ Grafana/ Open Telemetry /ELK Stack/ Datadog/ New Relic/ Prometheus)AI/Machine learning: Anomaly detectionNice To Have:Closed-loop remediation (vendor integration: Akamai, Cequence, FICO)ML governance (bias, audit, rollback)Org-wide AIOps vision & roadmapROI storytelling (Incident/Change/Problem s prevented, $$ saved)Vendor strategy, build-vs-buy