PHI - Principal Engineer- Integration

Prudential Health India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential Health India is looking for a Lead/Principal Software Engineer to lead a team in developing a cloud-native platform for health insurance. You will manage the translation of business requirements into scalable solutions while adhering to high architectural standards.

The ideal candidate will have 7–18 years of experience in enterprise-grade solutions, with expertise in Java, microservices, and relevant technologies. This is an on-site role located in Mumbai, India.

Qualifications

• 7–18 years of hands‑on experience engineering enterprise‑grade solutions.
• Proven ability to translate technology and architectural strategy into engineering solutions.
• Expertise in Java, NodeJS, Python, scalable event‑driven micro‑services, and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cloud-native, microservices-oriented engineering team.
• Collaborate with teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Design, develop, and implement backend software for various applications.

Skills

Java

NodeJS

Python

Microservices

NoSQL databases

REST APIs

GitHub

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Google Cloud Platform

Postman

Jenkins

Job description

Job Title

Lead/Principal Software Engineer – Position may vary between Senior Manager Lead Software Engineer or Asst. Director Principal Software Engineer based on experience, expertise, and performance.

Location

Mumbai, India – Work from office only.

Deep Technology Role

Lead a cloud‑native, microservices‑oriented engineering team to build a reusable, open technology platform for health insurance.

Responsibilities

• Deeply understand the long‑term architectural direction with emphasis on reusable components and interactions between applications.
• Collaborate with technical design managers, business analysts, and solution designers to translate business requirements into scalable, reliable, and secure technical solutions.
• Design, develop, unit‑test, and implement backend software for mobile apps, SDKs, micro‑frontends, WhatsApp integration, and ecosystem partners; establish development standards.
• Conceptualize and incorporate reusable development frameworks and world‑class platform capabilities as RESTful services.
• Write detailed technical specifications and code; own unit, performance, and functional testing and drive rollout and launch.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, designers, R&D, analysts, product managers, and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Develop open APIs and capabilities that enable seamless integration across ecosystem partners.
• Use data‑driven insights to guide the development of programs and apps that meet user needs.
• Adhere to architecture and coding standards, and contribute to their continuous improvement.
• Keep up with innovative technologies, frameworks, and best practices to deliver differentiated solutions.

Qualifications

Technical Skills & Experience

• 7–18 years of hands‑on experience engineering enterprise‑grade solutions.
• Proven ability to translate technology and architectural strategy into engineering solutions.
• Expertise in Java, NodeJS, Python, scalable event‑driven micro‑services, NoSQL databases (e.g., Couchbase), stream processing (Flink, Google Cloud Data Flow), REST API frameworks (Swagger), pub‑sub frameworks (Kafka, Google Pub‑Sub), and secure non‑blocking communication protocols (WSS).
• Proficiency with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Java IDEs, Jira, Confluence, Kubernetes, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Jenkins, Postman, and WebSocket clients/tools.

Personal Traits

• Exceptional engineering skillset.
• High standards of collaboration and teamwork.
• Strong communication skills with ability to engage senior management and lead project steering committees.
• Excellent problem‑analysis, innovative, and creative solution development.
• Hands‑on mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong organizational, vendor management, negotiation, and prioritization skills.

Education & Language

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent (certifications in key skills are a plus).
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity and benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social, and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part‑time / fixed‑term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We enable reasonable adjustments to support individuals with physical or mental health requirements.