Job Description – Principal Engineer Location: Pune, India Experience: 12+ Years About the Role We are seeking a highly accomplished Principal Engineer with deep product engineering expertise to lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable, high-performance enterprise-grade applications. This role requires strong hands-on capability in C#/.NET and/or Java ecosystem, along with the ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams. Key Responsibilities Define and drive overall system architecture and engineering strategy Lead design and development of complex, scalable product platforms Provide hands-on technical leadership in C#/.NET Core and/or Java (Spring Boot, Microservices) Establish best practices in software engineering, code quality, security, and performance optimization Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers; elevate overall engineering standards Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, DevOps, and QA teams Drive cloud-native adoption (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines and DevOps maturity Make critical technical decisions impacting long-term product scalability Required Skills & Qualifications 12+ years of strong product engineering experience Deep expertise in C#/.NET Core and/or Java (Spring Boot, Hibernate, Microservices) Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, and scalable architectures Experience building SaaS or enterprise-grade products Expertise in REST APIs, event-driven architecture, and messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ) Experience with relational and NoSQL databases Strong cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) Proven ability to lead large technical initiatives Strong stakeholder communication skills Preferred Experience with domain-driven design (DDD) Exposure to performance tuning and large-scale systems Prior experience in high-growth product organizations