Principal Engineer

Serko is a cutting-edge tech platform in global business travel & expense technology. When you join Serko, you become part of a team of passionate travellers and technologists bringing people together, using the world's leading business travel marketplace. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we embrace the richness of diversity, showing up authentically to create a positive impact. There's an exciting road ahead of us, where travel needs real, impactful change.

With offices in New Zealand, Australia, North America, and China, we are thrilled to be expanding our global footprint, landing our new hub in Bengaluru, India. With rapid a growth plan in place for India, we're hiring people from different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to help us build a world-class team and product.

As a Principal Engineer based in our Bengaluru office, you'll help shape the technical direction of our products while working closely with engineering and product leaders. This is a key role for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, influencing architecture, and mentoring others—all while staying close to the code.

Requirements

You'll work across teams, collaborating with engineers, architects, and product stakeholders to help deliver scalable, user-focused solutions in a high-growth, collaborative environment.

What You'll Do

- Contribute to setting and evolving technical direction across product streams in partnership with senior engineers, architects, and product teams
- Champion engineering best practices—focusing on code quality, performance, maintainability, and security
- Lead by example, writing clean, efficient, and scalable code while guiding others through design and review processes
- Identify and help resolve cross-team technical challenges, keeping delivery on track and aligned with architectural goals
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to deliver impactful features that solve real user problems
- Explore new technologies and suggest ways we can apply them to improve our platform and processes
- Mentor engineers within your team and across streams, fostering a culture of growth, ownership, and collaboration
- Stay current on industry trends, and contribute to continuous improvement in how we build, test, and deliver software

What You'll Bring

- Strong hands-on experience in modern technologies relevant to your stream (e.g. Java, Kotlin, .NET, React, AWS, or similar)
- A solid grasp of software architecture, system design, and performance considerations in production environments
- Demonstrated experience solving complex engineering challenges in a collaborative, team-based setup
- A pragmatic approach to problem-solving—balancing short-term needs with long-term scalability and maintainability
- Clear, effective communication skills and a collaborative working style
- Experience mentoring or guiding engineers through design and development
- Familiarity with agile software development and CI/CD practices
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

At Serko we aim to create a place where people can come and do their best work. This means you'll be operating in an environment with great tools and support to enable you to perform at the highest level of your abilities, producing high-quality, and delivering innovative and efficient results. Our people are fully engaged, continuously improving, and encouraged to make an impact.

- Some of the benefits of working at Serko are:
- A competitive base pay
- Medical Benefits
- Discretionary incentive plan based on individual and company performance
- Focus on development: Access to a learning & development platform and opportunity for you to own your career pathways
- Flexible work policy.

Apply

Hit the 'apply' button now, or explore more about what it's like to work at Serko and all our global opportunities at www.Serko.com .

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