Principal Software Engineer

Role: Member Technical Staff 4/5 - Software Engineering

Location: Pune, India

Notice Period: 60 days or lesser

About the Role

We’re looking for a dynamic and technically strong Senior / Principal Engineer to lead end-to-end software architecture and development efforts for a multi-billion dollar company specializing in Aviation domain. Headquartered in US, the organization has a state-of-the-art Software Development facility in Pune doing innovation in a niche field, and offers challenging project to work along side a strong development team and provides a great career roadmap.

What You’ll Do

You will lead the design and development of distributed, cloud-native, and performance-critical applications. This includes architecting backend services in Go, Java, C#, or C++, building reliable CI/CD pipelines, and driving Linux-based development with strong networking expertise (TCP/IP, HTTP/2, gRPC, WebSockets). You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to align technology with business goals, mentor engineers, and ensure best practices in DevOps, automation, and observability.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with proven technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in Linux-based development, system programming, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on proficiency in Golang & Python with ability to work on performance-critical C++ codebases.
• Experience with distributed systems, networking protocols, and scalable backend services.
• Proficiency in AWS (EC2, Lambda, ECS, S3, SQS, SNS, CloudFront, CloudWatch, CloudTrail).
• Solid understanding of containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and modern DevOps.
• Strong experience in software architecture and system design
• Strong communication and mentoring skills to guide teams and align stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Edge Computing or IoT platforms.
• Experience with real-time data processing, AI/ML, or file transfer services (Aspera, Signiant).

If this role is in-line with your profile, then write to me at Athira.Gopinathan@antal.com, and let's connect!