Principal Engineer Software

We are seeking an exceptionally talented and highly experienced Principal Engineer, SD-WAN SaaS, to join our advanced engineering team in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This is a critical leadership role for an individual contributor who will drive the architectural vision, design, and implementation of our next-generation, cloud-native SD-WAN as a Service platform. The ideal candidate will be a visionary problem-solver with deep expertise in SD-WAN technologies, distributed systems, cloud architectures, and a strong passion for building highly scalable and reliable SaaS solutions.

We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change.., but in general, if a role is deemed office-based, we want our teams to be together four days per week.

Your Impact

Architectural Leadership & Strategic Vision:

• Drive the technical architecture and roadmap for our SD-WAN SaaS platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and performance at a global scale.
• Lead the design and implementation of sophisticated solutions that span front-end user interfaces, back-end APIs, data processing, and database systems.
• Evaluate and champion new technologies, design patterns, and industry best practices to continuously innovate and enhance the platform.

Hands-on Development & Innovation:

• Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and testable code for both front-end (e.g., React, Angular, ) and back-end components (e.g., , Python, Java, Go).
• Develop and integrate robust, secure, and highly performant APIs and services.
• Design, optimize, and manage databases (SQL and NoSQL) for complex data models and high transaction volumes.

Cloud-Native & DevOps Excellence:

• Design and implement solutions leveraging public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their services (e.g., serverless, message queues, databases, monitoring).
• Champion DevOps principles, including automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform), and robust monitoring/observability practices.

Mentorship & Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Mentor and coach senior and staff-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation.
• Conduct rigorous code reviews, establish coding standards, and ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Customer Success teams to understand requirements, define technical solutions, and ensure successful product delivery and operational excellence.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related fields or equivalent military experience required
• 9+ years of experience in Software Development
• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude
• Expert-level proficiency in modern front-end technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript, and at least one leading framework (e.g., React, Angular, ).
• Expert-level proficiency in programming languages (e.g., , Python, Java, Go) with experience building scalable microservices and APIs.
• Deep expertise in database technologies: Both relational (e.g., CloudSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis), including schema design, query optimization, and replication strategies.
• Strong grasp on data structures and algorithms
• System design and object orientation skills with ability to craft clean interfaces and operate at the right levels of abstraction
• Experience with DevOps (Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices)
• Experience in AWS/GCP/Azure cloud is preferred