Principal Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation and adoption of modern technologies, including embedding AI/ML capabilities where appropriate.
• Provide hands-on leadership in system design and development across the full application stack.
• Effectively multi-task across initiatives, balancing strategic work with hands-on execution and delivery ownership.
• Influence and guide multiple engineering teams, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices.
• Champion modernization efforts, including cloud-native architectures, microservices, and platform evolution.
• Serve as a go-to expert for complex problem-solving, debugging critical issues, and guiding teams through challenges.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning.
• Lead proof of concepts, experimentation, and technology evaluations to validate new ideas and approaches.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing strategies, observability, security, performance).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, bottlenecks, and system inefficiencies.
• Contribute to critical code paths when needed, setting a high bar for code quality and maintainability.

Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience building and evolving large-scale, global enterprise systems.
• Experience within Banking / Financial Services / FinTech environments.
• Proven experience contributing to architecture and innovation across multiple teams or platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them effectively in real-world scenarios.
• Strong ability to multi-task, prioritize, and drive delivery in a fast-paced environment.
• Recognized as a trusted problem solver and technical go-to person within engineering teams.
• Deep hands-on expertise in building scalable web applications using React (preferred) or Angular with TypeScript.
• Strong experience designing and developing enterprise applications using C# / .NET Core.
• Expertise in distributed systems and microservices architecture, including event-driven design.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS) and cloud-native principles.
• Experience with messaging and streaming platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (preferably Azure DevOps).
• Solid experience with TDD/BDD and modern testing frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business stakeholders.