Senior Software Engineer

, India

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

September 4, 2025

Business unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and delivering high-quality technical solutions aligned with enterprise standards and business goals at Shell. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to develop scalable applications, manage complex integrations across cloud, on-premises, and legacy systems, and ensure optimal performance and user experience. Your responsibilities will span from solution consultation and architecture to hands-on coding, testing, and deployment. You'll also contribute to functional excellence by promoting best practices, maintaining code quality, and resolving production issues swiftly, all while fostering a "One Team" mindset and staying attuned to industry trends impacting the T&S business domain.

What you'll be doing

• Provide solution consultation and development in accordance with the enterprise technology principles, methods, standards, and practices

• Foster strong stakeholder relationships and promote a collaborative "One Team" mindset

• Demonstrate deep understanding of the T&S business domain and industry trends to inform intelligent decision-making

• Provide estimation, solution design, detailed technical design, application technical deliverables including code, associated tests, and documentation

• Contribution to functional excellence in terms of definition and maintenance of standards, methods and tools, bringing in best practices from market standard implementations.

• Manage complex integration scenarios and interfaces between on-premises solutions, cloud, and legacy systems

• Liaise with multiple technology teams, operations, and product contacts of varying degrees of seniority to facilitate project delivery

• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code

• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application

• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

• Work closely with the product and UX Team to work on user experience optimization

• Integrate applications with backend services effectively

• Collaborate with the lead functional developers to define, develop, test, and release new features

• Deliver timely workarounds and bug fixes for urgent production issues

What you bring

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, with at least 3 years focused on Microsoft technologies

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams

• Proficiency in backend technologies such as NodeJS (Typescript), Python, GoLang (good to have) and GraphQL (good to have)

• Hands-on experience with frontend frameworks and tools such as React, WPF, .NET, and .NET Core

• Solid understanding of database systems including SQL Server and Oracle

• Skilled in building data-rich applications using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

• Experience working with containerization and cloud platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, AWS, and GitHub

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, coding, testing, and automation skills

• Passionate about enhancing performance, accessibility, and application reliability

• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

• Strong foundation in computer science principles including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and systems architecture

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.

• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and

• international teams.

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

After you submit your application, you will receive an email providing a link to an online assessment that is a mandatory part of the process. The email will come from HireVue - please check your spam/junk mailbox if you do not see the email. Once completed, your application will be reviewed to determine next steps. Thank you for your interest in Shell.

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Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalisation, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates a LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and a LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India's growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Sprng Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Sprng is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centres across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programmes on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.

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